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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

I could not agree more. The Government have committed to additionality and we will look to ensure that that occurs.

Part 2 of the Bill relates to employment law, which has attracted much public concern. As I have said before, we are not in a double-dip recession because of the rights that people in this country enjoy at work. No amount of sabre rattling and nonsense from Government Members about the need to allow employers to fire employees at will is going to get us out of recession. That is a simple fact. We are in a double-dip recession because of a lack of demand. Watering down employee rights will not boost demand. In fact, it is highly likely—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
546 c80 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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