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HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsThat culture is totally everywhere—across sectors. There is no specific sector where if we just sorted it out, the others would be all right. There is also the phenomenon of…02 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-disclosure Agreementsrose —02 Apr 2025HANSARD Green Book ReviewI certainly agree. We are pleased that the Treasury has initiated a review into the Green Book and we believe it is an opportunity to once and for all address a range of key…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Green Book ReviewI beg to move, That this House has considered the Green Book review. It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I thank all hon. Members who have come today to…02 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsMembers who have heard me speak on these issues before—I do so a lot—know that I am a solicitor specialising in employment law. I am not currently practising, but I spent 13 years…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for drawing that to my attention; I am very interested to hear about it. I am pleased to report that the overwhelming majority of takeaways in my…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryI thank the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley) for securing the debate; I know she is a great champion for these issues. The Global Slavery Index…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryDoes my hon. Friend agree that we need to extend the time limit for challenging “reasonable grounds” decisions? That limit has been reduced to 30 days, which is not long enough to…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Construction Standards: New Build HomesI want to talk about some of the new build housing in my constituency. My hon. Friend the Member for Mid Cheshire (Andrew Cooper)—a very able colleague—and I have had difficulties…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Construction Standards: New Build HomesIn terms of the ability to do those things, the many years of cuts to local authority budgets—amounting to about 30% of local authority budgets over the last 14 years—are highly…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTransport Connectivity: North-west EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. In my constituency, we have had a large amount of housing growth in the last few years, and we expect to have much…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTransport Connectivity: North-west EnglandI understand that in that announcement there was £180 million for Cheshire East council, but council leaders were told it would be weighted towards the back end of the seven…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesI thank the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde) for speaking so movingly and convincingly. I want to raise the case of a constituent who has come to me with multiple…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesI have seen instances like that within my own social circle. It is not unusual and a lot of the people involved appear to be people who would have engaged with the bank. I know…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the shadow Minister give way?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI draw attention to my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am a member of Community and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. Can the hon.…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThis afternoon I want to talk about a point that I think many of us across the House would agree on: employment rights are quite useless without any sort of enforcement mechanism.…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillIs the hon. Gentleman not ashamed that, under his Government, hard-working ambulance drivers felt they had to go on strike?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that there is a massive difference between major corporations wanting to take money out of people’s bank accounts every month and trade unions…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillIn my constituency of Congleton, we have been blighted by approximately seven years of strike action by Northern. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the key to modern industrial…12 Mar 2025