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Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 June 2025

Debate

United Kingdom Jobs Market

Contribution

My Lords, 274,000 jobs have already vanished on this Government’s watch and the OBR has already warned that the Employment Rights Bill will have an additional negative impact on levels of employment. Why are the Government so stubbornly pursuing and continuing with this legislation —which can only be called the unemployment Bill—when their own forecaster is saying that the Bill will destroy jobs?

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