Greg Smith

Greg Smith

Conservative — Mid Buckinghamshire

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 March 2025

Debate

Employment Rights Bill

Contribution

The hon. Lady almost makes the point for me. Earlier, I made the very point that we introduced that right. It was working well, yet the RPC says that the provisions in the Bill will do nothing for it and are not fit for purpose—I thank her for her intervention. New clause 84 calls for consideration of “the likelihood of the costs of flexible working measures being passed on to employees through lower wages”, and of the likely effect that the right to request flexible working will have on productivity, wage growth, equality of opportunity, job security, economic activity and employment. Equally, it requires that a report setting out that those findings “must be laid before each House of Parliament no sooner than 18 weeks after the consultation has been initiated.”

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