Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
"The hon. Gentleman is right to focus on this issue. The Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme has a lot to recommend it, if only it worked properly for everybody. It is absolutely right that people should have recourse to public funds and to work, but surely that should apply to …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Mar 2022
Sub-Postmasters: Compensation
"I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) on securing this urgent question. I also congratulate the Minister, who has stuck at this and been candid with us on every occasion. This is one of many battles—it is won, and I congratulate him—but the purpose …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Feb 2022
Corporate Transparency and Economic Crime
"The introduction of this corporate transparency work is welcome but way overdue; it is a shame that it took the invasion of Ukraine to bring it forward. While he is at it, will the Minister please encourage the chair of his party to conduct a review of the money that …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Post Office: Horizon Compensation Arrangements
"I thank the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) for securing this urgent question and I pay tribute to the Minister, because I know he cares passionately about this issue. He came before the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and expressed himself with great candour. May I …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"Yesterday, the Prime Minister said that workers in the UK should learn from Germany, where workers do not have a habit of going into work when not well. Will the Minister learn from the German Government and bring in statutory sick pay that covers 100% of workers’ salaries instead of …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 20th January 2022
Asked by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many workplace (a) inspections and (b) investigations were carried out by the (i) Employment Standards Agency Inspectorate, (ii) HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team, (iii) Health and Safety Executive and (iv) the Gangmaster Labour Abuse Authority for the yearly reporting period 2020-21.
Answered by Paul Scully
In the yearly reporting period 2020-21, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate closed 177 inspections and 1,800 investigations (complaint-based cases).
The HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team closed 2,740 cases.
The Health and Safety Executive carried out 14,880 inspections and 14,426 investigations (8,026 of which were workplace concerns raised by employees, members of the public or others; 6,189 were non-fatal accidents; 211 were fatalities). HSE also conducted over 182,700 spot checks to ensure workplace premises were Covid-secure.
The Gangmaster and Labour Abuse Authority carried out a total of 221 inspections (157 application inspections and 64 compliance inspections). The GLAA conducted 476 investigations in total, 380 of these were led by the GLAA and the remaining 96 were led by other agencies and supported by the GLAA.
Written Question
Thursday 20th January 2022
Asked by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many front-line enforcement officers there were in the (a) HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team, (b) Health and Safety Executive and (c) Gangmaster Labour Abuse Authority in 2020-21.
Answered by Paul Scully
In 2020-21 HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team had 420 full time equivalents at year end.
The Health and Safety Executive does not distinguish between ‘front line’ and non ‘front line’ enforcement roles. However, for the year 2020-21 HSE employed 953 warrant-holding staff in all grades and roles, including trainees, managers and specialists.
As of March 2021, the Gangmaster and Labour Abuse Authority had 63 frontline officers.
Written Question
Thursday 20th January 2022
Asked by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the number of prosecutions for non-payment of the national minimum wage by region in Financial Year (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.
Answered by Paul Scully
This Government takes the enforcement of the minimum wage seriously. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law.
Our priority has always been to ensure that workers receive the money they are owed as quickly as possible. It is for this reason, in the vast majority of cases, HMRC pursue civil enforcement. However, for the most egregious breaches of National Minimum Wage law, where employers are persistently non-compliant, or refuse to cooperate with HMRC, criminal prosecution may take place.
The Government published prosecution numbers for non-payment of the NMW by area in the 2019-20 Enforcement and Compliance report which can be found in Table 12 here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/964238/nmw-e-c-report-tables-2019-2020.xlsx.
The figures for 2020-21 will be published in due course.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Jan 2022
Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices
"I am very happy to intervene. I am interested to hear the right hon. Member describe the Government as being “busy”. There is nothing more important than workers’ rights, and to think for one minute that they should somehow be relegated is quite frankly a staggering admission from her. Perhaps …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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