Achieving Economic Growth

Ellie Reeves Excerpts
Wednesday 18th May 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Ellie Reeves).

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As well as struggling with rising fuel bills and food prices, many of my constituents are worried about their precarious work, about not knowing from one week to the next what hours they will get, and about being fired by unscrupulous employers. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Queen’s Speech was a missed opportunity to introduce the long-awaited employment Bill, which would ensure that workers get the dignity and security that they desperately need?