Speeches by Griffiths.

“Will my right hon. Friend give way?”

“You have talked about the risk of seasonal jobs being lost as a consequence of the Employment Rights Bill. In my constituency it is a serious risk, as a number of businesses have told me. Would you say that the Minister should withdraw the Bill, or, at the very least, conduct a proper assessment of its impact?”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“Julie or Ian, have you anything to add on how you engage with the local flood action groups?”

“Are you taking those projects from the recommendations of the community taskforces?”

“Thank you. I will follow up to get some constituency details.”

“In Bognor Regis, we have the fantastic flood avoidance community taskforce. My question, coming from a business background, is about the metrics and measures that each of your agencies is required to adhere to in how you engage with these fantastic groups. It is sounding very generic at the moment. I would love to hear…”

“Julie or Ian, have you anything to add on how you engage with the local flood action groups?”

“Are you taking those projects from the recommendations of the community taskforces?”

“Thank you. I will follow up to get some constituency details.”

“In Bognor Regis, we have the fantastic flood avoidance community taskforce. My question, coming from a business background, is about the metrics and measures that each of your agencies is required to adhere to in how you engage with these fantastic groups. It is sounding very generic at the moment. I would love to hear…”

“Recent cyber-attacks on retail targets have highlighted the cost to businesses and individuals of an organisation’s failure to take cyber-security sufficiently seriously. This attack on the Legal Aid Agency, resulting in the theft of millions of pieces of deeply sensitive personal data, is perhaps the most egregious ye…”

“My right hon. Friend makes a valuable point. This is a flexible, forward-looking agreement with global ramifications. The UK-India free trade agreement, signed in May 2025, is expected to increase bilateral trade by £25.5 billion by 2040 and enhance the UK’s GDP by £4.8 billion. The agreement will cut levies on 90% of …”

“Those were wise words from my hon. Friend the Member for Chester South and Eddisbury. New clause 5 states that Great Britain should not implement EU laws rejected by Northern Ireland under the Stormont brake. Under the Windsor framework, Northern Ireland retains a mechanism to object to the application of new EU law, b…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for putting a vital point on the record. New clause 5 reflects a commitment to coherent governance, to the integrity of the UK, and to a regulatory system that respects the voices of all four nations. I urge Ministers and the Government to back it. We must consider the broader economic impl…”

“I rise to speak in strong support of new clause 3, which would introduce a critical safeguard to prevent Ministers from aligning UK product regulations with EU law if such alignment would jeopardise our existing trade agreements. Over the past decade, the United Kingdom has been forging a new path as global Britain, es…”

“I have spoken in opposition to the Bill as someone with more than 30 years of business experience in organisations of every size, including SMEs. New clauses 6 and 7 underscore the fundamental flaws and overreach of this Bill. New clause 6 proposes that the Secretary of State should produce and maintain guidance for sm…”

“My hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire talked about international markets. One of the opportunities presented by our leaving the European Union is to be able to sell to other international markets. She gave the fantastic example of the shower trays that many of us used this morning—”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”