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HANSARDBeauty and Wellbeing Sector WorkforceI can indeed, and I will come to that in a second. We also have to examine why apprenticeships were in decline before the pandemic began. We can look at it holistically across…23 Jun 2021HANSARDBeauty and Wellbeing Sector WorkforceIt is a pleasure to see you back in the chair, Sir Roger, and to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) on securing…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Recovery of Central London BusinessesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken) on securing this…22 Jun 2021HANSARDMcVitie’s Tollcross FactoryYes, I will outline a few of the issues that my colleagues at the Department for Work and Pensions will be standing up as a result. I do recognise that this is a worrying time for…22 Jun 2021HANSARDMcVitie’s Tollcross FactoryI add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) on securing and indeed completing today’s important debate. I had feared that we were going to have one…22 Jun 2021HANSARDMcVitie’s Tollcross FactoryIt is frustrating, because it is clearly a commercial decision for Pladis, but we want to make sure that we work with Pladis and other companies to keep and increase investment…22 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Recovery of Central London BusinessesThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. My father came over not on Windrush, but from the other direction—from Burma—in the 1950s, at around the same time. He completed his…22 Jun 2021HANSARD Royal MailIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (David Johnston) for securing today’s important debate about the…17 Jun 2021HANSARDDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyOn divergence from the EU and Northern Ireland diverging from GB, in many ways the EU signals are still changing. The UK-Japan CEPA is the first agreement that the UK has secured…16 Jun 2021HANSARDDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyOn divergence from the EU and Northern Ireland diverging from GB, in many ways the EU signals are still changing. The UK-Japan CEPA is the first agreement that the UK has secured…16 Jun 2021HANSARD Anti-loitering Devices: SafetyI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which was as wise as always. It is important that we protect all children, but especially vulnerable children, and he raises an…16 Jun 2021HANSARD Anti-loitering Devices: SafetyI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Clacton (Giles Watling) on securing today’s important debate. I assure him that, although the House did not need an anti-loitering…16 Jun 2021HANSARDDraft Conformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) and Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Conformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) and Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment)…10 Jun 2021HANSARDDraft Conformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) and Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2021I thank the Committee for its consideration of the draft statutory instrument and the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston for her valuable contribution to the debate. I set out how…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Employment RightsWe will continue to work with the right hon. Lady and other colleagues to look at the various issues around neonatal leave and carer’s leave, for example. We have also introduced…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Employment RightsThe Uber judgment that the right hon. Gentleman talks about was a landmark judgment. It is important that we reflect on that, but it is important that Uber, primarily, reflects on…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Employment RightsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right when he talks about a dynamic economy, which is why voters turned in their droves to him to represent them in this place, after decades of…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Employment RightsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need flexibility in the workplace, including so-called zero-hours contracts, for example. We know that the majority of people who work on…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Employment RightsI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s work in this area. I am looking forward to meeting him and his colleagues to discuss it further, to get his knowledge and the experience of his…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Employment RightsIt is great to hear that example of my hon. Friend’s constituent, because that is exactly the kind of flexible, dynamic economy that we are talking about. Someone can come from…08 Jun 2021