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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I appreciate the clarification. The point of free schools and academies was to have a diversity of education. A diversity of employment rights, which is what we are discussing, is…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Ms Vaz. I share the passion of the hon. Member for West Suffolk for education—as I stated earlier, both my parents…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman; I must make a declaration that my parents were a state headmaster and headmistress before their retirement. One issue that I strongly…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am not sure that highlighting quite how quickly the Conservatives go through leaders is helpful, but we do have to recognise that they have had the highest number of female…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I cannot help agreeing that naming a few conditions in the Bill might well be a concern, and when I first looked at the amendment on its own without looking at where it would fit…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 112, in clause 26, page 38, line 35, at end insert― “(c) supporting employees with menstrual problems and menstrual disorders.” This amendment would add…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I really welcome the clause. Despite the fact that their uniforms, pensions and contracts said “NHS”, staff at a…17 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverThe Royal Mail has been plagued by issues for years, and my constituents do deserve better. A reliable postal service is essential for all of us, but particularly for rural…16 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I share some of the shadow Minister’s concerns. Consultation to find out what most concerns businesses is obviously commendable, but if a large amount of the Bill is left to…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Dundee Central for tabling the amendment, which has drawn out a potential loophole that I hope the Government will look at carefully. We so often see…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am happy not to press amendment 5.12 Dec 2024HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized BusinessesSmall businesses are at the heart of our local communities. Firms such as Carbon ThreeSixty in my constituency are cutting-edge manufacturers of carbon fibre products. However,…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I will speak principally to our amendment 5, but Opposition amendment 155 is also relevant. We broadly welcome the…12 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTomorrow—on Friday the 13th—the EU’s general product safety regulation comes into effect. Businesses are telling me that the additional costs will mean that they can no longer…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)The reason for leaving it at 250 employees, despite a thought among Opposition Members that it should be extended to 500, is that, currently, small and medium-sized businesses are…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the hon. Member give way?10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)We are happy not to press either amendment 163 or new clause 41, but I ask the Minister to meet us before Report so that we can introduce some, if not all, of the measures in…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. Before I make my case, I must make a small correction: the reference to section 14K in the text of amendment 163…10 Dec 2024