2024

In November and December, I chaired five sessions of the Employment Rights Public Bill Committee, including an evidence session, 26 November, 3 December, 12 December – two sessions, 17 December. The Employment Right Bill seeks to: ensure that jobs provide a baseline of security for workers, prioritise fairness, equality and wellbeing of workers, ensure workers

On 17 December 2024 the House debated and voted on amendments relating to the National Insurance Contributions Bill. The Bill, introduced on 6 November 2024, seeks to ask employers to contribute more. This means, from April 2025, the rate of Employer NICs will increase to 15%, and the per-employee threshold at which employers become liable

The Financial Bill was debated and voted on in a Committee of the whole House on 10 and 11 December 2024. A number of proposed amendments were debated, and the following clauses were voted on: New clause 5 The Bill as introduced stated in section 8 that from 6 April 2025, the Capital Gains Tax

On Tuesday 10 December 2024 the House voted to approve a number of pieces of delegated legislation: Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024, which were introduced to the House on 31 October. These Regulations expand the list of “relevant enactments” under sections 13 to 17 of the Financial