To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the proposed changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme will have implications for compensation schemes in (a) local government and (b) non-departmental public bodies overseen by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the proposed changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme will have implications for compensation schemes in (a) local government and (b) non-departmental public bodies overseen by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have made their chief executive redundant as a result of local government reorganisation in the last five years; what severance pay was awarded in each case; and which of them have subsequently taken up employment in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have made their chief executive redundant as a result of local government reorganisation in the last five years; what severance pay was awarded in each case; and which of them have subsequently taken up employment in...

This Government want to do all they can to help hard-working people who have been affected by the current recession. Although levels of redundancies have not reached those seen in the recession of the early 1980s and 1990s, the devastation caused to communities by that experience, when whole industries were...

This Government want to do all they can to help hard-working people who have been affected by the current recession. Although levels of redundancies have not reached those seen in the recession of the early 1980s and 1990s, the devastation caused to communities by that experience, when whole industries were...

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Work and Families (Increase of the Maximum Amount) Order 2009. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Work and Families (Increase of the Maximum Amount) Order 2009. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

From these Benches, I welcome this order. The two fundamental points that the Minister made are absolutely germane in the current situation. First, it is extremely important that with the uprating there should be an acceleration of the payments being made to those worst hit by what is happening in...

From these Benches, I welcome this order. The two fundamental points that the Minister made are absolutely germane in the current situation. First, it is extremely important that with the uprating there should be an acceleration of the payments being made to those worst hit by what is happening in...

I thank the Minister for introducing the order. We on these Benches are acutely aware of the effect that redundancy can have on people, and we have great sympathy with anyone made redundant. This order increases the weekly limit for a second time in six months; it has gone up...

I thank the Minister for introducing the order. We on these Benches are acutely aware of the effect that redundancy can have on people, and we have great sympathy with anyone made redundant. This order increases the weekly limit for a second time in six months; it has gone up...

Draft Work and Families (Increase of the Maximum Amount) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room. [Relevant document: 16th report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments]

Draft Work and Families (Increase of the Maximum Amount) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room. [Relevant document: 16th report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments]

We believe that we have a good case for increasing the limit to help employees made redundant, particularly during the current recession. It is absolutely right for the Government to take action to prevent the collapse of the banks and to support business through the recession. It is right for...

We believe that we have a good case for increasing the limit to help employees made redundant, particularly during the current recession. It is absolutely right for the Government to take action to prevent the collapse of the banks and to support business through the recession. It is right for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support is available, and for how long, to Territorial Army soldiers whose posts are removed.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support is available, and for how long, to Territorial Army soldiers whose posts are removed.

I beg to move,"That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money provided...

I beg to move,"That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money provided...

Did not the Minister say earlier this afternoon in Committee that the average is now closer to £470?

Did not the Minister say earlier this afternoon in Committee that the average is now closer to £470?

The Liberal Democrats consider this to be a not inappropriate increase in the maximum amount that a person could be allowed to claim in statutory redundancy pay. We understand that the future of the Bill is still in the balance. We shall wait to see what happens, but on the...

The Liberal Democrats consider this to be a not inappropriate increase in the maximum amount that a person could be allowed to claim in statutory redundancy pay. We understand that the future of the Bill is still in the balance. We shall wait to see what happens, but on the...

I have had an opportunity to check my notes from earlier today, and the correct figure is indeed £470. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly) for pointing that out, and I apologise to him and the House for inadvertently giving an incorrect figure. I am...

I have had an opportunity to check my notes from earlier today, and the correct figure is indeed £470. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly) for pointing that out, and I apologise to him and the House for inadvertently giving an incorrect figure. I am...

I do not believe so, but I will happily check the record and get back to the hon. Gentleman on the matter; I am grateful to him for highlighting it. We estimate the cost to the Exchequer as somewhere between £44 million and £86 million a year, so the Bill...

I do not believe so, but I will happily check the record and get back to the hon. Gentleman on the matter; I am grateful to him for highlighting it. We estimate the cost to the Exchequer as somewhere between £44 million and £86 million a year, so the Bill...

Let me make it plain that the reason why we oppose the Second Reading of this union-sponsored Bill, and the Government's haphazard attempt this afternoon to find a compromise, is that all those proposals, and the money resolution, will reduce access to employment opportunities at a time when the Government...

Let me make it plain that the reason why we oppose the Second Reading of this union-sponsored Bill, and the Government's haphazard attempt this afternoon to find a compromise, is that all those proposals, and the money resolution, will reduce access to employment opportunities at a time when the Government...

Why not?

Why not?

Because I am in the middle of a speech, and I choose not to give way. I think that we—[Interruption.] Yes indeed, and we had a very good debate earlier today. We had an accurate exposition of the Conservatives' policy, and of their disregard for individuals who are made redundant....

Because I am in the middle of a speech, and I choose not to give way. I think that we—[Interruption.] Yes indeed, and we had a very good debate earlier today. We had an accurate exposition of the Conservatives' policy, and of their disregard for individuals who are made redundant....

Will the Minister give way?

Will the Minister give way?

No.

No.

I shall give way to the hon. Gentleman now.

I shall give way to the hon. Gentleman now.