Speeches by Madders.

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025.”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. This set of regulations is part of the Government’s secondary legislation programme implementing the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which I will refer to hereafter as the 2023 Act. The 2023 Act is a crucial tool in supporting the Government’s aim …”

“I welcome the shadow Minister back after the summer recess. It is a little disturbing—discombobulating, possibly—to hear the Opposition arguing against legislation that they introduced when they were in government, although it is not the first time, I suppose. I think that there was cross-party agreement in the previou…”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I am grateful to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Andrew Griffith), for giving me ample time to respond to the many issues that have been raised. He may be keen to take a phone call as a result of the shadow Cabinet reshuffle; maybe ther…”

“He is staying in place. I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) on securing this debate. He referred to not having a great deal of luck in applying for debates; perhaps he is right that he has not faced as much competition because this is the last day before recess. But he is also right that…”

“If the hon. and learned Gentleman does not mind, I have an awful lot of responses to get into, so I will not eat into that time with interventions. The Department has been very much guided by businesses in developing the response to the review and the consultation, and in designing the changes and improvements we will …”

“Through our landmark Employment Rights Bill, we are making paternity leave and unpaid parental leave day one rights. This aligns then with maternity and adoption leave. But we are going further. We have launched the parental leave review, fulfilling our manifesto commitment. The review will explore how the system can s…”

“We are not turning our back on parents or children. We are actually having the biggest expansion in workers’ rights and family-friendly policies that we have seen in a generation. Clearly, we will not be able to satisfy every issue in this area, but that is the point of the review. We are looking at the system in the r…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his efforts in this area, and indeed for highlighting the excellent work that some businesses are already doing, going further than the statutory minimum. As we know, when it comes to supporting working parents, every little helps. This review will be evidence based. It will reflect and consi…”

“The hon. Member is right to pay tribute to the tremendous work that posties do up and down the country, rain or shine, to deliver the mail. There have, of course, been issues with performance in the Royal Mail. I am happy to discuss that further with him, and to make sure, with the help of Ofcom, that we get the servic…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford and Bow (Uma Kumaran) on securing her first Adjournment debate. She has chosen a topic extremely well and, as she highlighted, it is really important that we draw attention to the incredible courage of the women who participated in the matchgirls’ strike. It is imp…”

“I am certainly happy to join my hon. Friend in congratulating Redhills on that achievement. If it is opening in the autumn, I hope it will be ready for when I come and visit her in her constituency. Perhaps those involved would like to work to that as a target. As we know, a great many people and organisations are inte…”

“We have made a distinction around those areas where there will be additional legislation, but it is about how you do it. We need to take account of the fact that it is important to distinguish policy outcomes from regulatory burden. I know you cannot always do that, but that is part of the thinking. There is a great de…”

“That is a perfectly fair challenge. That is the challenge that I put back to officials during these discussions. You are right to be a little wary: we have been here before. I have tested this. There are lots of ways we can make advances. First of all, there is a clear political direction from the top, from the Prime M…”

“Yes, I would be surprised if there were none.”

“There are going to be elements of it that we will want to take up. Clearly, bringing a new product to market is one part of it. Particularly some of the things that Lord Willetts talks about are very novel. The question is almost “Where do we even go to have the conversation to start with?” We are not just looking at n…”

“Yes, and that is part of the problem, is it not? We are absolutely clear that there has to be independence for regulators, but it is about us trying to understand where the balance lies between delivering on our objectives to get speedier decision making and encourage that pipeline of investment, while retaining that o…”

“I did hear that comment and found it quite interesting. I have not had that sort of letter yet in my role.”

“Our starting point would probably be that the strategic steers that will be issued will have a degree of cohesion about them. Clearly, that will be putting an emphasis on growth and securing investment, but also making sure that decisions are taken in a timely manner and that there is some consistency across the piece.…”

“To some extent, it is the question of who watches the watchdog.”