Business and Trade

Kevin Hollinrake Excerpts

Tuesday 21st March 2023 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from the opening speech by the Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), in the debate on the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2023 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee on Monday 6 March 2023.

[Kevin Hollinrake]

The Government have continued to take action to fulfil their manifesto commitment to enhance the rights of workers and support people to stay in work. We are backing six private Members’ Bills in this Session to deliver on our commitments. Once passed, those measures will ensure that all tips, gratuities and service charges are allocated to workers; create a statutory entitlement to neonatal care leave for workers with caring responsibilities; protect workers from redundancy during or after maternity; and grant workers the right to request flexible working from day one.

[Official Report, Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 6 March 2023, Vol. 729, c. 4.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake).

An error has been identified in my speech.

The correct information should have been:

[Kevin Hollinrake]

The Government have continued to take action to fulfil their manifesto commitment to enhance the rights of workers and support people to stay in work. We are backing six private Members’ Bills in this Session to deliver on our commitments. Once passed, those measures will ensure that all tips, gratuities and service charges are allocated to workers; create a statutory entitlement to leave and pay for employees with responsibility for children receiving neonatal care; protect workers from redundancy during or after maternity, adoption and shared parental leave; and grant workers the right to request flexible working from day one.

The following is an extract from the winding-up speech by the Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), in the debate on the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2023 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee on Monday 6 March 2023.

[Kevin Hollinrake]

Only 3% of the population is on a zero-hours contract. Sixty-four per cent. of those people do not want more hours, so the contracts kind of work for both sides, but we recognise that there is an issue with exploitation in some situations and we are trying to create the conditions for a conversation between employers and employees while not putting too great a burden on employers. That is why we are legislating for a right to request predictable hours.

[Official Report, Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 6 March 2023, Vol. 729, c. 13.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake).

An error has been identified in my speech.

The correct information should have been:

[Kevin Hollinrake]

Only 3% of the population is on a zero-hours contract. Sixty-four per cent. of those people do not want more hours, so the contracts kind of work for both sides, but we recognise that there is an issue with exploitation in some situations and we are trying to create the conditions for a conversation between employers and employees while not putting too great a burden on employers. That is why we are legislating for a right to request a predictable working pattern.