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HANSARD Employment Rights BillIt is a pleasure to make my first appearance at the Dispatch Box as Secretary of State for Business and Trade to deliver the biggest improvements in workers’ rights for a…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillSo early on! I will happily give way.15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI agree that such powers need to be used wisely. The House will notice that many clauses provide for guidance in primary legislation during the implementation phase, and…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on being a champion for investment in our country, unlike the Conservative party, which did down the country while it was in government, and is doing…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillOf course I can. Many businesses have now come out in support of the Bill. The hon. Gentleman asked for a small business or a large business; let me give him one of each. I have…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillLet me make a little progress, then I will come back to the right hon. Gentleman; I am sure he will understand. We move on to bereavement leave. The Bill will ensure that every…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI beg to move amendment (a) to Lords amendment 22.15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillAs a Member of Parliament representing a constituency in the beautiful county of Sussex, I am aware of the needs of seasonal workers, including those in the agricultural sector.…15 Sept 2025HANSARDUK Compute RoadmapI wish to inform the House of the publication of the “UK Compute Roadmap”, which has been laid before Parliament. The road map follows on from the AI opportunities action plan…21 Jul 2025HANSARDSpace: UK-France CollaborationThe Government will be joining Eutelsat Group’s capital increase today with a UK investment of €163 million. Eutelsat announced the €1.35 billion capital increase, led by the…10 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety: Strategic PrioritiesI have today designated the Government’s statement of strategic priorities for online safety for the purposes of section 172 of the Online Safety Act 2023. This statement sets out…02 Jul 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]They cancelled it.10 Jun 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Cross-Government ExperimentI wish to inform the House of the findings from the recent Microsoft 365 Copilot experiment —a landmark Government artificial intelligence experiment, which demonstrates this…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 49D. I want to start by putting on record something that I should perhaps have said a bit more about in this place. I…22 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]As I have said, and as I will elaborate, the Government and I believe that there is a better way forward to give the creative sectors and creators the protections that they need.…22 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I will give way once more, before I make some progress.22 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her comments. Just to clarify, this is a legacy Bill which has been in Parliament several times before, including under the previous…22 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am extremely grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention, for her love of Kate Bush, which I share, and for her passion for finding a workable solution and way forward. As I go…22 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I see that the right hon. Lady, the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, is on her feet, and, of course, I give way.22 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention, which is thoughtful as always. May I pick her up on one substantial point? I have not used the word “uncertainty” or implied that…22 May 2025