Debate on bill on Thursday, 27 March 2025, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch. The answering members were Lord Hunt of Wirral and Lord Sharpe of Epsom.

Employment Rights Bill

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Lords motion that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House and instruction on order of clauses to be taken. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 844 cc1838-1921
Session: 2024-26
Department: Department for Business and Trade
Legislative stage: Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Employment Rights Bill 2024-26. Brought from the Commons
Friday, 14 March 2025
Bills
House of Lords; Employment Rights Bill: Bill 81 of 2024-25
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee | 844 cc1855-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, on her excellent maiden speech, and I w...; Baroness Goudie | 844 cc1902-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate my colleagues on their maiden speeches: my noble friends Lady Berger and...; Lord Whitty | 844 cc1892-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Lister. I hope the Government, in this ...; Viscount Colville of Culross | 844 cc1880-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest as a freelance TV producer. I welcome aspects of this Bill. It do...; Baroness Whitaker | 844 cc1865-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I must first apologise: I need to honour a long-standing commitment, which might oblige...; Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 844 cc1904-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, welcome the new colleagues into this House and wish them well in their work as ...; Lord Freyberg | 844 cc1873-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to add my thanks and congratulate the four maiden speakers on their excell...; Earl of Clancarty | 844 cc1895-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate all four maiden speakers. Like my noble friends Lord Freyberg and Lord C...; Lord Monks | 844 cc1872-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I add my congratulations to the quartet of maiden speakers. I think they have all laid ...; Lord Balfe | 844 cc1879-1880 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I place on record my thanks to the four maiden speakers and to the three former TUC gen...; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 844 cc1882-3 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome our four new colleagues after their excellent speeches, and I look forward to their fut...; Baroness Prosser | 844 c1882 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to participate in this debate.
I thank my noble friend...; Lord Udny-Lister | 844 cc1893-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I offer many congratulations on the four great maiden speeches we have heard today, whi...; Lord de Clifford | 844 cc1851-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish luck to the new Peers with their maiden speeches, and I look forward to listenin...; Lord Ashcombe | 844 cc1885-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of a very large American insurance broker.
T...; Bishop of Newcastle | 844 cc1849-1850 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am glad to speak in this Second Reading. I look forward to the maiden speeches and we...; Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 844 cc1891-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill is very welcome, especially the provisions aimed at tackling poor job securit...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 844 cc1838-1844 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, when this Government came into office, we made a commitment to deliver the biggest upgr...; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 844 cc1844-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by drawing attention to my interests as detailed in the register, in particular...; Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 844 cc1847-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a privilege to contribute to this important Second Reading today. Unlike the nobl...; Lord Londesborough | 844 cc1848-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have just four minutes, so I will not beat about the bush. While I understand the nee...; Baroness Noakes | 844 cc1850-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a very bad Bill for many reasons, and I will have to ration myself to just two ...; Baroness Berger | 844 cc1852-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is an honour to rise to contribute to this debate and to join this House. I begin by...; Baroness Hazarika | 844 cc1854-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great honour to be the first to congratulate my noble friend Lady Berger on tha...; Baroness Gray of Tottenham | 844 cc1856-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a huge privilege to stand here today. I start by thanking noble Lords on all Benc...; Lord Burns | 844 cc1857-1860 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gray, and to be able to congratulate ...; Baroness Cash | 844 cc1860-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it truly is an honour to take a place on these venerable Benches and make my maiden spe...; Baroness Barran | 844 cc1861-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is truly a great honour to follow on from my noble friend Lady Cash’s maiden speech....; Lord Barber of Ainsdale | 844 cc1863-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords and Ladies, I begin by expressing my congratulations to the noble Baronesses, Lady Berge...; Baroness Coffey | 844 cc1864-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friends. I will start with the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, who I...; Lord Young of Acton | 844 cc1867-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to say how difficult my task is, because I have to follow three such excel...; Lord Hannan of Kingsclere | 844 cc1868-1871 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, what a privilege to follow the fourth of those four outstanding maiden speeches. I reas...; Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town | 844 cc1871-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like buses, you wait for one nepo Peer to come along—
I rise to speak in support ...; Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill | 844 cc1874-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have heard four excellent maiden speeches this afternoon; I add my congratulations t...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 844 cc1875-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this important Second Reading debate. It is great to s...; Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway | 844 cc1876-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, during my time as TUC general secretary, I met many employers who value good industrial...; Baroness Browning | 844 cc1877-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I add my congratulations on the four excellent maiden speeches we have been privileged ...; Lord Prentis of Leeds | 844 cc1878-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like others, I congratulate all those making their maiden speeches today; they were abs...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 844 cc1883-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in support of this much-needed legislation. It is also a plea...; Lord Moraes | 844 c1886 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I remind all noble Lords to stick to the time of four minutes. Thank you.
4.03 pm...; Baroness Bousted | 844 cc1886-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to congratulate the four noble Lords who made their maiden speeches today. They ...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 844 cc1887-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in principle I welcome this Bill’s aspiration to enhance protection of workers’ rights,...; Lord Hendy | 844 cc1888-1890 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on her elegant exposition of the Bill in op...; Baroness Penn | 844 cc1890-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I add my congratulations to the quad of maiden speakers we have had in our debate today...; Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 844 cc1896-7 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate all four new Members on their maiden speeches today. I also thank the many Members...; Baroness Chakrabarti | 844 cc1897-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure, as always, to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes. I al...; Baroness Morrissey | 844 cc1898-1900 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, whose work I greatly ad...; Lord Davies of Brixton | 844 c1900 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Morrisey, on raising an extremely important issue which I...; Baroness Kramer | 844 cc1900-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will confine my engagement with the Bill and my remarks to whistleblowing protection ...; Lord Moynihan of Chelsea | 844 cc1903-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as a businessman and investor. I welcome the excellent maiden sp...; Baroness Bray of Coln | 844 cc1905-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy. I congratulate our four ne...; Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 844 cc1906-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very pleased to welcome the maiden speeches of four new colleagues, each of whom w...; Lord Vaux of Harrowden | 844 cc1907-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I accept that the intentions behind this Bill are well meant, but I am concerned about ...; Baroness Rafferty | 844 cc1909-1910 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I, too, welcome the quartet of maiden speeches...; Lord Katz | 844 cc1910-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Rafferty and to hear the outstanding ma...; Lord Strathcarron | 844 cc1911-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too welcome the four maiden speakers and congratulate them on their speeches. Meanwhi...; Lord Fox | 844 cc1912-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, rather than being the third party, I think I am the 59th party in this debate.
So...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 844 cc1915-1920 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join in thanking the Minister for her introduction, and, of course, in praising and c...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 844 cc1920-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to be able to conclude this debate, which has been as insightful as it...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 844 c1921 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Notes: Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland legislative consent sought.
Subjects: Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Carers Costs Crew Equality Employment Tribunals Service Enforcement Industrial disputes Gender Gratuities Flexible working Parental leave Ministerial powers Pay Political levy Redundancy Working hours Social services Trade unions Shipping Statutory sick pay Unfair dismissal Sexual harassment Pay settlements School Support Staff Negotiating Body Re-employment Bereavement leave Adult Social Care Negotiating Body Fair Work Agency Zero hours contracts
Legislation: Employment Rights Bill 2024-26
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Employment Rights Bill

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