Employment Law (Beecroft Report) Debate

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David Wright

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Speaker’s Statement

Employment Law (Beecroft Report)

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Points of Order
Monday 21st May 2012

(12 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Prisk Portrait Mr Prisk
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support. This is an important matter and we need to have an intelligent debate, which is why we are publishing the report.

David Wright Portrait David Wright (Telford) (Lab)
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Consumer confidence is low and the housing market is fragile. In towns such as Telford, thousands of public sector workers fear losing their jobs. How does compounding this problem by making private sector workers fear for their jobs help? When will the Government come forward with a definitive statement—they need to do it now—on their position regarding this policy?

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Again, surely the point is to involve experts and ask them for their evidence, and then to make a decision. Sadly, I detect among the Opposition a wish to make up policy and then to try to make it fit the evidence. That is not how we do things.

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