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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Teachers are different because teaching is a profession that should certainly agree not to strike on pay and conditions, in return for the provision of the pay review bodies,…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Community Pharmacies: Devon and the South-westI thank the hon. Lady, my neighbour, for securing the debate. Does she agree that the many benefits that community pharmacies provide are in danger, because in many cases the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman says that the great educational experiment has not worked, but would he not acknowledge the significant improvement in our children’s ability to read, write and…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)But to the extent that the SSSNB will decide the terms and conditions of assistants in Bridgwater, Mid Buckinghamshire and Birmingham Northfield, and those conditions will apply…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. We are discussing clause 28 and schedule 3, and the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield asked what the…17 Dec 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperCan the Secretary of State confirm whether she will maintain strong sanctions against those who are capable of working but choose not to?16 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)Can the Minister give me an assurance on how microbusinesses will be affected by the change? A very small business might choose to take on one person, and there might be nothing…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)They all are.12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)They get worse.12 Dec 2024HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized BusinessesThe Government have raised national insurance charges on employers and introduced a family farm and a family business tax. The Employment Rights Bill will raise business costs by…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMany of my constituents in Bridgwater are worried about the risk that flooding poses to their homes, businesses and farms. They are concerned that the Environment Agency fails to…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair again, Ms Vaz. My hon. Friend the Member for Mid Buckinghamshire has explained that this is a probing amendment to find out the…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that this disastrous education tax risks having a severe impact on those children and pupils with SEND in independent schools? It will force children…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)Let me just make this point. My hon. Friend the Member for Mid Buckinghamshire asked what the rationale was behind the day one qualifying period. I think the answer is that it is…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the fact that the Government have not undertaken an impact assessment on these measures makes it very difficult to know whether the amendment is…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman knows I am not saying that.10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)Surely one of the unintended consequences of this proposal is that small businesses risk lawsuits from employees who perceive that they have been harassed, perhaps by a third…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I do not believe that unfair dismissal should be a day one right. I think this is a fundamental error by the Government. It…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)It clearly does make a great deal of difference to both the employee and the employer where the harassment comes from. If an employer is harassing an employee, they are directly…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I would like to ask the Minister if he could—10 Dec 2024