Employment Rights Bill: Productivity Debate

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Department: Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Bill: Productivity

Baroness Wheatcroft Excerpts
Monday 31st March 2025

(2 days, 15 hours ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Portrait Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
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My Lords, of course I am happy to meet with all the stakeholders. No doubt a programme will be put together to do just that.

Baroness Wheatcroft Portrait Baroness Wheatcroft (CB)
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My Lords, does the Minister accept that one of the best motivators in the workplace is employee share ownership? What do the Government intend to do to increase the extent of employee share ownership? What incentives might they consider?

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Portrait Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
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The noble Baroness makes a very good point. It is slightly beyond my brief today, but I am sure that if there is scope we will embrace that idea, which is a very sensible one.