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Debate on Wednesday, 18 December 2024, in the House of Commons, led by Lee Barron. The answering members were Greg Smith and Justin Madders.


Employment Rights: Terminal Illness

Motion that this House has considered the employment rights of people with a terminal illness. Agreed to on question.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
759 cc111-131WH 
Session
2024-26
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Justin Madders | 759 cc233-130WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this morning, Sir Edward. I start by referring to my ent...

Lee Barron | 759 c111WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the employment rights of people with a termin...

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Gareth Snell | 759 c111WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for the work that he has done on the campaign across the midlands and acro...

Lee Barron | 759 c112WH (Link to this contribution)

We managed to get the campaign promoted as best practice by the Department for Work and Pensions—...

Ian Lavery | 759 c112WH (Link to this contribution)

Big congratulations to my hon. Friend on the work he has done on this issue over many years. Does...

Lee Barron | 759 cc112-3WH (Link to this contribution)

One of the things that has always got me is the number of personal stories people tell about what...

Edward Leigh | 759 cc113-4WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. I remind Members that if they wish to speak, they must bob.

9.40 am

Jim Shannon | 759 cc114-5WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a real pleasure to speak in this debate. I commend the hon. Member for Corby and East North...

Gregory Campbell | 759 c115WH (Link to this contribution)

A number of employers might either not have a policy or simply be unaware, for some reason, of th...

Jim Shannon | 759 c115WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; I do not want to give him a big head, but his interv...

Carla Lockhart | 759 c115WH (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Member for Corby and East Northamptonshire (Lee Barron) for raising this impor...

Jim Shannon | 759 cc115-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend. Others might not have thought about that issue, because there are always ...

Lizzi Collinge | 759 cc116-8WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for...

Michelle Welsh | 759 cc117-9WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Corby and East Northamptonshire (Lee Barron) for securing t...

Warinder Juss | 759 cc119-120WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for...

Laurence Turner | 759 cc120-2WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Mem...

Melanie Onn | 759 c122WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Sir Edward. I extend my congratul...

Ian Lavery | 759 cc232-124WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. F...

Clive Jones | 759 cc124-5WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Corby and...

Greg Smith | 759 cc125-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. We have heard a good and powerful ...

Lee Barron | 759 cc130-1WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank everybody for coming to the debate. I do not see this as the end of something; I do not s...

Subjects
Conditions of employment Dismissal Terminal illnesses
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