Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill

22 Oct 2021

Commons debates

If we refused to send legislation into Committee because of how lawyers might or might not interpret it in future, we would not pass a single Bill. The hon. Gentleman is going into minute detail...

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Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill

22 Oct 2021

Commons debates

The hon. Lady did not give me an answer.

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Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill

22 Oct 2021

Commons debates

I have listened carefully to the hon. Lady, and I am very respectful of her knowledge of this particular issue, but nothing she has said today suggests to me that her arguments could not be...

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Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill

22 Oct 2021

Commons debates

Will the hon. Lady give way?

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Sexual Misconduct in the Police

20 Oct 2021

Commons debates

Any woman who rings the police seeking assistance when they are suffering domestic violence or any form of abuse has to have the confidence that the officers who turn up will treat the matter...

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James Brokenshire

20 Oct 2021

Speaker's Statement

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise to underline what has been said about how James was liked across the House. He was my parliamentary neighbour across the borough boundary between Bexley and my constituency next door in...

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Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy

19 Oct 2021

Commons debates

I expected to hear more in the Minister’s statement about partnership with local government. Local authorities up and down the country are trying to innovate and to pilot schemes to...

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Clause 57 - Levy on applications for building control approval in respect of higher-risk buildings

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Yes.

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Clause 57 - Levy on applications for building control approval in respect of higher-risk buildings

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss clause stand part.

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Clause 55 - Appeals

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to consider that schedule 6 be the Sixth schedule to the Bill.

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Clause 54 - Minor and Consequential Amendments

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this, it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government amendments 22, 35 and 38. That schedule 5 be the Fifth schedule to the Bill. Government amendments 20 and 21.

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Clause 51 - Information gathering

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to debate clause 52 stand part.

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Clause 48 - Plans certificates

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Order. Before the Minister responds, I gently point out again that I was reading his speech from the explanatory notes as he made those points. Will he point out to his officials that we do not...

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Clause 47 - Insurance

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Order. Can I say gently that we have not had much deliberation in this Committee, so I am loth to shut this down, but rather than making a long intervention, the hon. Lady should make a speech. I...

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Clause 47 - Insurance

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Order. This is meant to be an intervention.

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Clause 42 - Transfer of approved inspectors’ functions to registered building control approvers

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I have made a request that people stand in their place if they want to speak. I call Mike Amesbury.

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Clause 42 - Transfer of approved inspectors’ functions to registered building control approvers

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss that schedule 4 be the Fourth schedule to the Bill.

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Building Safety Bill

23 Sep 2021

Public Bill Committees

Before we begin, I remind Members that we have quite a lot of the Bill still to get through—we have only reached clause 42 of 147—and that points should be made succinctly where...

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Clause 41 - Regulation of building control profession

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Before I call the Government Whip, may I say to Members that it is customary to stand in your place if you want to indicate to the Chair that you wish to speak? I am not an auctioneer. I was a...

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Clause 41 - Regulation of building control profession

23 Sep 2021

Building Safety Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendments 23 to 34.

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