Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 2, in clause 1, page 1,...

In line with your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will address my new clause and the amendment in...

How long does my right hon. Friend expect it to take for this guidance to be produced? The guidan...

I would be very dismayed if it took a year to draw up such guidance, and my hon. Friend gives a c...

What about the ability of the House to comment on the guidance when it is produced, or during its...

As my hon. Friend knows, guidance is issued by the Government of the day. It is not a statutory i...

Finally, does my right hon. Friend envisage that the guidance should first be produced in draft f...

Again, that is a matter for the Minister, but I would not only be content with that but think it ...

I rise as the person who tabled the original amendments in Committee that prefigured new clause 1...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy), who I know takes a gr...

I do not seek to quarrel with my hon. Friend. But let us consider the analogous situation in whic...

With the greatest respect to my right hon. Friend, I think he is conflating two dissimilar situat...

Before the intervention of my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark), was ...

I have tried to avoid—and have done so up to now—getting into the debate about the difference bet...

I call the shadow Secretary of State.

First, let me say how pleased I am to see the Bill finally making its way through the House today...

Order. Just a reminder that, at this stage, we are discussing the amendment. There will be, I am ...

In that case, I will just say that I mentioned those points in relation to new clause 1 and the o...

It is a great pleasure to speak to the amendments before the House on Report. I am grateful to my...

Would it not be normal to produce the draft guidance and then consult on it, rather than expectin...

It is occasionally possible for the Government to come up with something perfect straight away, b...

One of the concerns behind much of this is about consistency in the law. With other forms of hara...

I completely agree with the hon. Lady. There is existing guidance and practice in other areas tha...

The Minister is making some very good points, with only one exception: I think that the Mayor of ...

Order. Let us stick to the amendments.

The hon. Gentleman has made an important point, and I am sure that—as you have implied, Madam Dep...

I beg to move, that the Bill be now read the Third time.

I am grateful for the debates that...

This Bill has been a long time in gestation. It reflects years of campaigning about a simple conc...

I will be brief, but I could not let this legislation pass without commenting on it, particularly...

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate. I once again congratulate my right hon. Fr...

I will be brief, too, given the limited time available. I rise to support the Bill, which provide...

I will speak very briefly. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) ...

I warmly welcome this Bill from my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark)....

I will also speak briefly and begin by paying tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunb...

I call the shadow Secretary of State.

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I gave my thanks previously to those who have done such an excellent job in bringing the Bill to ...

I will be extremely brief, because I know that many other Members want to bring Bills forward tod...

With the leave of the House, I will briefly thank all those who have aided the passage of the Bil...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman. Anne-Marie Griffiths was here earlier and she will be back, but...