Oral QuestionScotland Office

What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the policies in the Make Work Pay plan in Scotland.

Tabled: 25 February 2025Answered: 5 March 2025

Asked by

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Scotland

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Kirsty McNeill)

The Employment Rights Bill represents the biggest upgrade of workers’ rights in a generation, banning zero-hours contracts, ending unscrupulous fire and rehire practices, providing day one protections for paternity leave and against unfair dismissal, and improving access to statutory sick pay. With International Women’s Day fast approaching, we should remember that it is working women who will benefit disproportionately from this groundbreaking legislation. That is what change looks like, and that is the difference that a Labour Government make.