My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Services, Jim Fitzpatrick, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 11 January 2007, I announced the launch of a further consultation on draft regulations to increase the holiday entitlement from 20 days to 28 days (pro...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Services, Jim Fitzpatrick, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 11 January 2007, I announced the launch of a further consultation on draft regulations to increase the holiday entitlement from 20 days to 28 days (pro...

Letter dated 27/03/2007 from Lord Truscott to Baroness Howe of Idlicote regarding flexible working for parents.

Letter dated 27/03/2007 from Lord Truscott to Baroness Howe of Idlicote regarding flexible working for parents.

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Services (Jim Fitzpatrick) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) set up the Clergy Working Group in 2004 to look at clergy working conditions as part of its review of...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Services (Jim Fitzpatrick) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) set up the Clergy Working Group in 2004 to look at clergy working conditions as part of its review of...

Increasing the holiday entitlement: I. Summary of consultation responses and the Government's response to the consultation. 62 p. II. Partial regulatory impact assessment. 46 p. III. A further consultation. 26 p.

Increasing the holiday entitlement: I. Summary of consultation responses and the Government's response to the consultation. 62 p. II. Partial regulatory impact assessment. 46 p. III. A further consultation. 26 p.

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Jim Fitzpatrick) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 13 June 2006, I announced the launch of a consultation on proposals to increase the holiday entitlement from four weeks to 5.6 weeks, subject to a maximum entitlement of 28 days, implementing...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Jim Fitzpatrick) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 13 June 2006, I announced the launch of a consultation on proposals to increase the holiday entitlement from four weeks to 5.6 weeks, subject to a maximum entitlement of 28 days, implementing...

rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 23 November be approved [Second Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee]. The noble Lord said: My Lords, noble Lords will recall that the Government introduced, in the Employment Act 2002, a framework designed to improve the way in...

rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 23 November be approved [Second Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee]. The noble Lord said: My Lords, noble Lords will recall that the Government introduced, in the Employment Act 2002, a framework designed to improve the way in...

My Lords, noble Lords will be relieved to hear, due to the lateness of the hour, that we welcome the order, which is intended to ensure that the dispute resolution framework set out in the Employment Act 2002 will apply to the three stated new areas. We welcome any measures...

My Lords, noble Lords will be relieved to hear, due to the lateness of the hour, that we welcome the order, which is intended to ensure that the dispute resolution framework set out in the Employment Act 2002 will apply to the three stated new areas. We welcome any measures...

My Lords, this must be a wonderful day for the Government, when the three parties of this Parliament all agree. On behalf of the Liberal Democrat Benches, I welcome the order.

My Lords, this must be a wonderful day for the Government, when the three parties of this Parliament all agree. On behalf of the Liberal Democrat Benches, I welcome the order.

My Lords, I am exceedingly grateful for the support and constructive comments of noble Lords this afternoon. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, and the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley. I shall deal with the couple of points raised by the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, about the burden...

My Lords, I am exceedingly grateful for the support and constructive comments of noble Lords this afternoon. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, and the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley. I shall deal with the couple of points raised by the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, about the burden...

Draft SI on Employment Act 2002 (amendment of schedules 3 4 and 5) (SI 2007/30). Lords debate on motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Draft SI on Employment Act 2002 (amendment of schedules 3 4 and 5) (SI 2007/30). Lords debate on motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Letter dated 31/10/2006 from Lord Sainsbury of Turville to Baroness Howe of Idlicote regarding guidance on the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.

Letter dated 31/10/2006 from Lord Sainsbury of Turville to Baroness Howe of Idlicote regarding guidance on the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.

I welcome the clear explanation given by the Minister on these new orders. I was supportive in the other place, as my party is and has been, of the importance of giving people in the workplace the opportunity to meet their need for maternity and paternity leave, so it is...

I welcome the clear explanation given by the Minister on these new orders. I was supportive in the other place, as my party is and has been, of the importance of giving people in the workplace the opportunity to meet their need for maternity and paternity leave, so it is...

rose to move, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Consequential Amendment to Statutory Adoption Pay) Order 2006. The noble Lord said: As Members of the Committee will be aware, the Work and Families Act 2006 achieved Royal...

rose to move, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Consequential Amendment to Statutory Adoption Pay) Order 2006. The noble Lord said: As Members of the Committee will be aware, the Work and Families Act 2006 achieved Royal...

I have already spoken to these regulations. I beg to move. Moved, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006—(Lord Sainsbury of Turville.) On Question, Motion agreed to.

I have already spoken to these regulations. I beg to move. Moved, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006—(Lord Sainsbury of Turville.) On Question, Motion agreed to.

I am most grateful to the Minister for his detailed introduction to the regulations and the order. The Explanatory Notes to the adoption and children order highlight that the change will close a potential loophole which could have allowed both members of an unmarried couple to receive statutory adoption pay....

I am most grateful to the Minister for his detailed introduction to the regulations and the order. The Explanatory Notes to the adoption and children order highlight that the change will close a potential loophole which could have allowed both members of an unmarried couple to receive statutory adoption pay....

I thank noble Lords for their general support. I shall deal with the specific points raised. We dealt in great detail with the question of whether we could pass some of the administrative costs back to the Inland Revenue. We discovered that there were no very significant savings to the...

I thank noble Lords for their general support. I shall deal with the specific points raised. We dealt in great detail with the question of whether we could pass some of the administrative costs back to the Inland Revenue. We discovered that there were no very significant savings to the...

Draft SI on Adoption and Children Act 2002 (consequential amendment to statutory adoption pay). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft SI on maternity and parental leave etc and the paternity and adoption leave (amendment). Lords Grand Committee (Moses Room).

Draft SI on Adoption and Children Act 2002 (consequential amendment to statutory adoption pay). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft SI on maternity and parental leave etc and the paternity and adoption leave (amendment). Lords Grand Committee (Moses Room).

Draft SI on maternity and parental leave etc. and the paternity and adoption leave (amendment). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft SI on Adoption and Children Act 2002 (consequential amendment to statutory adoption pay). Lords Grand Committee (Moses Room).

Draft SI on maternity and parental leave etc. and the paternity and adoption leave (amendment). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft SI on Adoption and Children Act 2002 (consequential amendment to statutory adoption pay). Lords Grand Committee (Moses Room).

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the importance of work/life balance. Motion withdrawn. (Part 2 of 2).

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the importance of work/life balance. Motion withdrawn. (Part 2 of 2).

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the importance of work/life balance. Motion withdrawn. (Part 1 of 2)

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the importance of work/life balance. Motion withdrawn. (Part 1 of 2)