Speeches by Madders.

“I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I think I have already recognised and acknowledged that there is a slight incongruity about how it works, which is something we will consider as we move forward. Local authority trading standards work with retailers to ensure that fireworks are sold safely, and they have pow…”

“I beg to move amendment 42, in clause 4, page 23, leave out lines 34 to 39. This amendment is consequential on NC11.”

“I am sure you always intend to be helpful, Mr Mundell. I will briefly go through the provisions of clause 3. I appreciate that we have covered a lot of the issues already, but I think it is important to set out what the clause does in the round, because after discussions on quite a few amendments, we may not have follo…”

“Thank you, Mr Mundell. I am not sure whether that was directed at me, other members of the Committee, or maybe all of us.”

“At the all-party parliamentary beer group’s reception last night, the shadow Minister and I talked about pubs. His question sounds perfect for a pub quiz for retired employment lawyers: it is the sort of thing that might end up getting taken to a group of KCs to understand the precise relationship. My best guess is tha…”

“The hon. Member is trying to have it both ways. If we had set out too much detail in the Bill, he would no doubt have criticised us for not engaging and consulting, and for being too dogmatic in our approach. That is why we have taken the approach that we have. We want to engage, consult and get the detail absolutely r…”

“We are taking this approach because we want to be reasonable and engage with businesses and trade unions on what the shape looks like. That is why the full consultation, which will look at the broad range of issues, is not yet ready. It is not really in the spirit of that for us to nail down everything in the Bill. Mos…”

“I am sure that the shadow Minister and the whole Committee are delighted that I have the opportunity to respond. The shadow Minister asked some perfectly reasonable questions. On the first issue, it is a well-established principle that employment tribunals have the right to make declarations in a whole range of claims.…”

“Proposed new section 27BT of the 1996 Act makes provision for a payment to be made to the worker where an employment tribunal finds that the worker’s employer failed to make a payment for a qualifying cancelled, moved or curtailed shift, or where an exception was relied upon but notice of that either was not given or w…”

“I beg to move amendment 37, in clause 3, page 22, line 11, after “must” insert “— (a) make a declaration to that effect, and. (b) ”. This amendment and amendment 38 require an employment tribunal that finds a complaint under proposed section 27BS of the Employment Rights Act 1996 well-founded to make a declaration to t…”

“I will address that point, which I am sure we will hear on numerous occasions from the shadow Minister. He will be aware that it was a manifesto commitment to introduce the Bill within 100 days, which we are very pleased to have been able to adhere to, but that meant that not every element of policy was ready. As we ha…”

“I beg to move amendment 43, in schedule 1, page 106, line 8, at end insert— “In section 27 (meaning of ‘wages’ for purposes of Part 2 of the Act), in subsection (1)— (a) after the paragraph (ce) inserted by the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 insert— ‘(cf) a payment under section 27BO(1) of this Act (payment for…”

“These amendments should be considered alongside amendment 30, because they clarify what happens when a shift is both moved and curtailed at the same time. The Bill provides a power to specify the amount that must be paid by employers when they cancel, curtail or move shifts at short notice. It cannot be used to specify…”

“I beg to move amendment 31, in clause 3, page 19, leave out lines 5 to 18 and insert— “(a) where the shift is cancelled, the amount of remuneration to which the worker would have been entitled had they worked the hours that will not be worked because of the cancellation; (b) where the shift is moved, or moved and curta…”

“I beg to move amendment 50, in schedule 1, page 108, line 34, at end insert— “or the employer believes that that duty so applies, and”. This amendment extends proposed section 104BA(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (dismissal is unfair if done to avoid giving a worker a guaranteed hours offer to which the worker is…”

“I am grateful for the details of the shadow Minister’s dietary exploits today. We are looking in quite close detail at that situation, because there are a number of knock-on consequences, but we do not envisage that, in a situation where two workers agree of their own volition to swap shifts, the employer should in any…”

“Amendment 46 will broaden the detriment provisions in respect of the right to guaranteed hours. It will ensure that a worker has a right not to be subjected to detriment on the grounds that the worker is, or the employer believes that the worker is, entitled to an offer of guaranteed hours. The existing provisions prot…”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. As is now our custom, I will start by referring to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my membership of the GMB and Unite trade unions. Government amendment 50 will expand the existing protections for employees who are dismissed as a re…”

“Well done to the shadow Minister—he must have had his Weetabix this morning. He has clearly put in a great deal of time and we appreciate the way that he has engaged with the debate and some of the issues. He is taking a much broader look at the principles behind the legislation, rather than a quite narrow technical am…”

“I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 3, page 18, leave out lines 7 to 19 and insert— “(b) in relation to the movement of a shift, or the movement and curtailment (at the same time) of a shift, notice given less than a specified amount of time before the earlier of— (i) when the shift would have started (if the shift h…”