Speeches by Griffiths.

“I am just asking a straightforward question. What do you want me to say to the employers in my constituency who have asked me this specific question?”

“Thank you. Mr Lillis, the same question to you. Many aspects will be decided after the Bill reaches Royal Assent. What risks do you see in that?”

“Could you give a couple of examples of those?”

“I want to come back to the seasonality point and ask Paddy in particular, but Neil, too, for those seasonal businesses that are affected by the wonderful British weather, like amusement parks in my constituency, what do you recommend? If they do have day after day of bad weather when there are no tourists to be seen an…”

“Madam Deputy Speaker, I am sure you will have noticed that the Secretary of State did not answer one question, which was whether he would clarify that the final assembly and systems integration will take place in Belfast, rather than in the Navantia shipyards in Spain.”

“In West Sussex, the number of education, health and care plans has risen from 3,362 in 2015 to 7,684 in 2024—a 228% increase. With schools increasingly stretched, there is an inevitable cost to children with and without special needs. I have recently met special needs co-ordinator leads from two excellent schools in my…”

“The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced to the House yesterday, sets out to unpick every aspect of the school reforms that have led English school children to rocket up the international league tables in English, maths and science. How can the Government possibly say that they want to break down barriers …”

“That answers the second part of my question. What is the JLR perspective?”

“Can you be more specific?”

“In your view, what does “good” look like when it comes to a new settlement for industrial relations?”

“In the light of that answer, how have the Government performed so far in producing a coherent package of reforms and incentives to drive up pay and rights at work?”

“Matthew, taking stock of the 2024 Budget and the Employment Rights Bill, can you give us the business view of how the cost of business is changing?”

“With respect, I am asking you to consider the view of the employer. Put yourself in their shoes.”

“I just want you to reflect on this: why do you think private employers and entrepreneurs who have built up their own businesses would want to have control over access to their businesses? What are the risks to employees of enforcement of access?”

“To bring you back to the question, though, what is in it for the employer?”

“I just want to go back to a point that Nicola Smith made earlier about the benefits to employers. I just want to flip this the other way briefly. There has to be an incentive for employers, so how would you characterise the benefit to an employer—Amazon in particular, if you like—of union recognition?”

“As you have already said, both businesses work, in your supply chains, with a range of smaller businesses, which have been described by some business representatives as more exposed to the costs of employment reform. Should more be done to help smaller firms to manage the costs of change? Who wants to go first?”

“Question No. 1 is “Should more be done to help smaller firms to manage the costs of change?” The second part of the question—which I did not need to ask you, Dominic, because you answered it for me—is this: “The CIPD has called for renewed investment to support the work of bodies such as ACAS and enhance social partner…”

“Do you think a proportion of your supply chain is at risk from any of the changes?”

“I thank the hon. Lady for clarifying that point. Letting the Bill pass without that amendment would have been a disservice, so I am delighted to hear it.”