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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Sharma—01 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you, Mr Sharma. I do not want to add too much to what the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire has said. He has articulated well the reasons why the original clause and his…01 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Fourth sitting)The provisions in clauses 13 to 17 are incredibly welcome, because we are dealing with a financial services landscape that is constantly innovating and changing. I should declare…25 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Third sitting)Perhaps I should have finished my comments, which would have led to the point that the hon. Gentleman has made. There is a need for speed and also a need to make things right. I…25 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Maria. We often cross paths in these Committees and it is great to see you once again in the Chair. I will speak briefly about…25 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Lady again for the work that she has done. I will round up my comments by saying that I think it is right that in clause 1 the Minister has the ability to do what…25 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Fourth sitting)I, too, support the intentions behind the amendment from the hon. Member for Glenrothes, which were very well articulated by the hon. Member for Wallasey. We often see these…25 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Third sitting)I shall be brief. Broadly speaking, I support the three clauses and particularly clause three on the qualifications it puts on how the Treasury will utilise those powers. I do not…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the powerful speech by the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq), who gave examples of lived experiences. The experience she highlighted…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: it is a disgrace. I think about my own experiences. Before I entered this place, I was a lawyer; that is what I trained to do. I was fortunate…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend articulates it so well. She is absolutely right; shared parental leave is now such a key part of the broader landscape of family and employment rights—I do not want…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and the academic studies have shown that. We have the data showing the mental health impact on women who are having to worry about the risk of…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend raises a good point, and I was hoping to touch on the transitional period later. We know how important it is to have the opportunity to transition back into the…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Why would someone want to join such an organisation, having seen how it operates and what its practices are? Talented individuals who know they…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To reiterate her point, I certainly do not want to give the impression that I am typecasting every business in that regard. As I have said,…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillI thank my right hon. and gallant Friend for that powerful intervention, to which I cannot add any more. He is right that it can be a traumatic experience. The Bill also seeks to…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillLooking at other models and the broader matrix my hon. Friend talks about, does she also believe that the legislative framework we are trying to bring in needs to be an evolving…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is also about ensuring empowered women leadership. In a previous life she was the leader of Westminster City Council—if I may say so,…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend is being incredibly generous in giving way, and it is always great to hear about personal experience. She represents the City of London as part of her constituency…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend has just mentioned the birth rate and the wider picture. I know that, since her days on the council, she has been passionate about building a strong sense of…21 Oct 2022