Deregulation Bill

There are some measures in this rag, tag hotch-potch of a Bill that are welcome and that we do no...

Does the hon. Lady not agree that the cumulative effect of the Government’s reforms of small busi...

We all know that small businesses need a cut in business rates, as we have proposed, and then a f...

The hon. Lady talks about preventing mythical attacks on working people. Does she concede that un...

I know that almost 1 million young people are unemployed and that 1.3 million people in part-time...

I am not sure how often the hon. Lady talks to business, but perhaps she saw the submission from ...

I have just quoted the FSB, which stands for the Federation of Small Businesses—I hope that the h...

Order. Mr Maynard, I do not need comments like that. We are listening to a debate. I know that it...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I made the comments; I would not like my colleague to ...

It is very gallant of the hon. Gentleman to offer that information. I will say to him as well tha...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I hope that the new employees will succeed in making the M...

Does the hon. Lady welcome the shared parental leave that the Government have introduced as part ...

The Labour Government did more to support working families and working parents than any Governmen...

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I am going to make progress, as many Members wish to speak.

Regulation is a concern for som...

I am sorry to put the hon. Lady out of her stride, but I have slightly lost her point; I will be ...

I thank the Minister for his intervention, which, I regret to say, illustrates that this Governme...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am just finishing.

Once again, this Government’s rhetoric extends far beyond their reach....

I rise to give my full support to the Bill, which represents another important clear-out of unnec...

We cut Labour’s jobs tax.

Absolutely.

The duty to pay employer’s national insurance contributions for people under 21...

I fully support my hon. Friend’s comments. Does he agree that the Minister for Government Policy,...

I agree with my hon. Friend completely. There has been great determination not only to reduce the...

As co-chair of the all-party group on mountaineering, what is the hon. Gentleman’s view of how cl...

The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point, and I am sure that he and I will wish to debate it...

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I will try to respond to that point before I hand over to the Minister. Surely the purpose of cla...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way because this is a beautiful illustration of the pr...

I thank the Minister for that reply. I am sure that the hon. Member—and friend—for Bassetlaw (Joh...

I think that my hon. Friend was on the trip to Brussels when we asked the Commission whether it h...

My hon. Friend makes an important point that further highlights something I said earlier: 72% of ...

My hon. Friend knows, as I do, that large businesses rather welcome a heavily regulated environme...

Absolutely. Providing for a more level playing field and enabling small and medium-sized enterpri...

Most of the hon. Gentleman’s speech seems to have been concentrated on the European Union. Is it ...

I am not sure that that contribution particularly advances the debate. I refer the hon. Lady to t...

I beg to move,

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Deregulation Bill b...

As the hon. Lady will be aware, employment tribunals made these recommendations only 19 times in ...

That is a clear example of where the status quo is not causing a problem. The Government are look...

The hon. Lady is making a serious speech; I hope I can correct just one misapprehension on her pa...

I thank the Minister for that clarification. That is not as I understood it, but I am pleased to ...

Apart from that one, rather spurious example, can the hon. Lady give the names of other business ...

I certainly can. I could talk about the Aldersgate Group as one or the Prince of Wales business t...

I ran a business for 22 years, and what small businesses knew under the last Labour Government wa...

I am not a spokesperson for the Labour party, but if the hon. Gentleman wants to ask that questio...

What does the hon. Lady think is the impact of deregulation on the interests of small business, a...

I certainly think that some deregulation can help small businesses, and I also think that small b...

I am very happy to be contributing to the debate. It is a particular pleasure for me because I se...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Bill will drive future jobs and growth, will be welcomed by sm...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As he has so succinctly put it, creating jobs and giving peop...

I know that my hon. Friend is keen to move on to specific aspects of the Bill, but may I ask her ...

My hon. Friend is right to ask that question. The Government have, of course, gone incredibly far...

My hon. Friend is making a passionate appeal for common sense and entrepreneurial values. As some...

I think that there is a correlation between what we have heard so far today and some of the Commi...

My hon. Friend is making a good point, which is that it is not just the businesses and small entr...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is about how we can transform the way public bodies, inc...

I would like to bring my hon. Friend back to the general principles and look at the bodies that r...

I thank my hon. Friend for his point on public bodies in particular. In the public bodies legisla...

Important points are being made in this debate. In Macclesfield we are very proud of our level of...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Those of us who have worked in business are very aware that a...

In terms of job creation, does my hon. Friend agree that the Bill specifically addresses young pe...

My hon. Friend is right. There is rightly a focus on young people, but I come back to my point ab...

Having sat on the Joint Committee on the draft Deregulation Bill, the hon. Member for Witham (Pri...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Joan Walley), who chai...

Does my hon. Friend agree that European legislation comes into Whitehall and is embellished and m...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. He puts his finger on one of the big problems that we have had...

And so we move on from “Cash in the Attic”. I apologise to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, as although I ...

Just to correct the hon. Gentleman, nobody is removing a power; what is being removed is a duty. ...

I welcome that clarification, but it would be helpful and reassuring if there were guidance about...

I will certainly talk to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport, and we will f...

I find that extremely helpful. I chair the RMT parliamentary group, and it would be really useful...

May I begin by welcoming the Bill and commending my hon. Friends the Members for Macclesfield (Da...

To give my hon. Friend some good news, we think that the figure is rather more like 2 million.