Employment Law (Beecroft Report) Debate

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Anne Marie Morris

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Employment Law (Beecroft Report)

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Monday 21st May 2012

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Prisk Portrait Mr Prisk
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As the right hon. Lady should realise, the discrimination laws will not be changed or affected in any way, so the description she gives is completely false.

Anne Marie Morris Portrait Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con)
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Is the Minister aware that 70% of the micro-business community are sole traders? When asked why they are sole traders, they say that the prime reason is the complexity and bureaucracy of employment legislation. Does he agree that if we changed the rules as he suggests in the consultation, we would increase the number of jobs and deal with our unemployment problem?

Mark Prisk Portrait Mr Prisk
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There has been a substantial shift within the small business base, so that we have seen a higher proportion being sole traders rather than employers. We need to try to encourage more of them to take people on; my hon. Friend is absolutely right.

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