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HANSARD Employment Rights BillMy hon. Friend raises an excellent point. Another great provision in the Bill is that right to sick pay, which is so important and would have been so important for many care…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that the Conservatives bequeathed us an economy in which more and more people were moving out of work and becoming long-term sick? A lot of that sickness…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillIt will, absolutely. We should not have people working in those kinds of conditions and that sort of poverty in 2025.15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe Bill absolutely will do so. I remember speaking to a young couple when I was canvassing 12 years ago. The young woman had just had a baby, but because she was on a zero-hours…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThere is a difference. My hon. Friend is an expert in this field, having come to us from USDAW, and I know that those who worked on the Bill will have thought this through…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillDoes the shadow Minister understand the difference between fair dismissal and unfair dismissal?15 Sept 2025HANSARD Early Education and ChildcareWhile the leader of Reform UK, the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage), is off in America encouraging them to ruin the livelihoods of families in Bishop Auckland, I am really…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Hospitality SectorThe hon. Member mentioned costs on businesses. One of those costs is the cost of sick days, which has increased by £30 billion since 2018. I visited a business recently in my…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Hospitality SectorMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Small businesses in my constituency often tell me that they want to be really good employers. That is something that they take great…03 Sept 2025HANSARDDefibrillatorsI beg to move, That this House has considered defibrillator access. I thank everyone for being here. We often hear it said that people are generous with their time when they take…02 Sept 2025HANSARDDefibrillatorsI thank everybody who has participated today. There have been 22 Back-Bench contributions from across six political groups, all in broad agreement with each other. We have heard…02 Sept 2025HANSARD RAF Photographic Reconnaissance UnitI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. She has said that approximately one in two of those in the reconnaissance unit lost their lives. Of the two from the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: UK Foreign PolicyApologies—I have almost finished. Members of my own church, the Latter-day Saints here in London, give out copies of the Quran to refugees. As we do this, let Britain continue to…17 Jul 2025HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: UK Foreign PolicyI thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) for securing this debate. I was with him the day that his appointment was announced. It was after many…17 Jul 2025HANSARD Rare Cancers BillI rise to support the Bill, which will make a real difference by improving the detection and treatment of rare cancers. We heard really moving contributions on Second Reading,…11 Jul 2025HANSARDEducational Attainment of BoysOne hundred per cent. That is another good example of why we need to create those pathways. Let me say that I am not calling for us to stop encouraging young men to go to…10 Jul 2025HANSARDEducational Attainment of BoysWhat a great example. I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that. I will speed through the rest of my speech, because I am conscious of time and the contributions of other people.…10 Jul 2025HANSARDEducational Attainment of BoysI will keep this brief, because I am conscious that the next debate is also of great importance. I thank everybody who has attended and contributed to the debate; they were…10 Jul 2025HANSARDEducational Attainment of BoysI beg to move, That this House has considered the attainment and engagement of boys in education. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting the debate, and I thank…10 Jul 2025HANSARDEducational Attainment of BoysI do share that concern. We should have a debate about the way in which we address that issue, as well as about the issues facing young care leavers. The hon. Lady makes an…10 Jul 2025