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HANSARDWorkplace Discrimination: Pregnant Women and New MothersI thank my right hon. Friend for pushing her private Member’s Bill and for her concern in this area. I was pleased to meet her to dicuss it. Germany has a far more prescriptive…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ChildcareThe Government have introduced 30 hours of free childcare for eligible working parents of three and four-year-olds. We have ensured that the childcare sector has been able to stay…25 Nov 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund Advance: Covid-19 Business SupportI hereby give notice of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy having drawn an advance from the Contingencies Fund totalling £2,262,587,000 to enable…25 Nov 2020HANSARDWorkplace Discrimination: Pregnant Women and New MothersSince the publication of research on pregnancy and maternity discrimination, the Government have worked with ACAS and published updated guidance to ensure that women and employers…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ChildcareThe Government are supporting childcare provision during the pandemic by funding the free childcare entitlement for two, three and four-year-olds with £3.6 billion in 2020-21. We…25 Nov 2020HANSARDWorker Exploitation: Leicester Textile IndustryI thank the hon. Lady. We did have an exchange yesterday in a wider debate about workers’ rights and I was pleased that she was able to raise the important ongoing issues in…18 Nov 2020HANSARDWorker Exploitation: Leicester Textile IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I would like to thank the hon. Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall) for securing today’s important debate. I…18 Nov 2020HANSARDWorker Exploitation: Leicester Textile IndustryI have only a little time to cover the points raised, I am afraid. The allegations of abuse in textiles manufacturing in Leicester that are the subject of today’s debate are not…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. Like everyone else, I congratulate the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands) on…17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsI will briefly, but I do want to make progress.17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsI will gladly work with the hon. Gentleman in continuing to discuss workers’ rights in this area and other areas. It is important that the employment Bill, when it does come, not…17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsI will come back to some of the hon. Gentleman’s points, but, yes, I will give way now.17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsThe reason why I am limiting interventions is that I want to leave the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North time at the end of the debate to sum up. I will clearly cover…17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsI am happy to write to the hon. Lady fully to outline those details. The legislation entitles parents to a rate of pay based on their normal earnings, not their furlough pay.…17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsI will not because I want to leave time for the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North to respond. The Government have acted decisively to protect the health and safety of…17 Nov 2020HANSARDDRAFT PRODUCT SAFETY AND METROLOGY ETC. (AMENDMENT ETC.) (UK (NI) INDICATION) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK (NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. It is a pleasure to…16 Nov 2020HANSARDDRAFT PRODUCT SAFETY AND METROLOGY ETC. (AMENDMENT ETC.) (UK (NI) INDICATION) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020I do not want to stray too far from the point of the SI, which is to give businesses legal certainty so that they can plan their future. However, because it is so important for…16 Nov 2020HANSARDDRAFT PRODUCT SAFETY AND METROLOGY ETC. (AMENDMENT ETC.) (UK (NI) INDICATION) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020I thank the hon. Gentleman—and, indeed, the rest of the Committee—for the consideration of the statutory instrument and for his contribution to this important debate. He talked…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is exactly why we appointed Sir Wyn Williams, a former judge, to lead the inquiry. I hope that representatives of the sub-postmasters will take time to meet him, in order to…10 Nov 2020HANSARDDismiss and Re-engage TacticsI know how important Heathrow and the airlines sector are to the hon. Gentleman’s constituents, which is why we put so much support into that sector. I come back to the fact that…10 Nov 2020