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In November and December, I chaired five sessions of the Employment Rights Public Bill Committee, including an evidence session, 26 November, 3 December, 12 December – two sessions, 17 December.
The Employment Right Bill seeks to: ensure that jobs provide a baseline of security for workers, prioritise fairness, equality and wellbeing of workers, ensure workers get
On 17 December 2024 the House debated and voted on amendments relating to the National Insurance Contributions Bill.
The Bill, introduced on 6 November 2024, seeks to ask employers to contribute more. This means, from April 2025, the rate of Employer NICs will increase to 15%, and the per-employee threshold at which employers become liable to
I visited the Winter Wonderland Spectacular Christmas Fayre, organised by the New Horizons Community Enterprise and held at Blakenall Village Centre on Friday, 13 December 2024.
The Financial Bill was debated and voted on in a Committee of the whole House on 10 and 11 December 2024. A number of proposed amendments were debated, and the following clauses were voted on:
New clause 5
The Bill as introduced stated in section 8 that from 6 April 2025, the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rate
On Tuesday 10 December 2024 the House voted to approve a number of pieces of delegated legislation:
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024, which were introduced to the House on 31 October.
These Regulations expand the list of "relevant enactments" under sections 13 to 17 of the Financial Services
To celebrate International Human Rights Day which falls on 10 December 2024, I attended Amnesty International’s Annual Human Rights Day Reception in Parliament.I joined other Members of Parliament, staff and campaigners from Amnesty International to celebrate historic human rights achievements. I was delighted to catch up with Anoosheh Ashoori whose incarceration I raised every week
The Publishers Association held a drop in on 10 December 2024. Members of Parliament were asked to raise the importance of reading in our constituencies. The APPG on Publishing held an evidence session to find out why reading for pleasure has dropped.
I have asked the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a
As a member of the Panel of Chairs, I chaired the delegated legislation committee on the The Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024 on 9 December 2024.
This statutory instrument aims to update the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 by adding specific laws to a list that can