Lord Katz
The Lord Katz MBE
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 28 January 2025
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Jobs Market
22/07/2025 • Lords
Of course my noble friend is utterly right. [Laughter.] Noble Lords opposite laugh, but this is no joking matter. One year in, and w...
My Lords, as part of the Get Britain Working plan, we are ensuring that there are local growth plans across the economy, because we recognise that dif...
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Employment Rights Bill
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, with thanks to the clerks, the doorkeepers and all the staff of the House for staying so late, I beg to move that the House do now adjourn.
My Lords, I wish I had also brought my white hanky to the debate, but sadly I do not have that cop-out. This been a short but focused and interesting ...
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Independent Water Commission
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we have 16 minutes, and I am sure that we can all get in. Let us hear from these Benches and then the Opposition Benches.
Employment Rights Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
I thank all noble Lords for the short but focused debate we have had on this set of amendments, moved and spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of ...
Employment Rights Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it was going so well, then it hit the buffers. I am trying to make that not the last of the rail-related jokes—noble Lords will note the gro...
I apologise for interrupting the noble Baroness in full flow. She said she was not here for the start of the debate on the group, so it would be a cou...
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Employment Rights Bill
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, for tabling Amendment 110, which covers the regulation of umbrella companies. The ...
I do not have that information to hand. I am happy to write to the noble Lord with the detail. I take the opportunity to point out that the fair work ...
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Employment Rights Bill
13/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, for tabling Amendment 42, which seeks to permit a special constable to request reasonable unpaid ti...
NHS 10-Year Plan
08/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we are not due to return to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill until 8.42 pm. The time allocated for Statement repeats is very clear...
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
07/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, in addressing Amendments 84 and 90 proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady May of Maidenhead, I first take the opportunity to pay tribute to he...
I rise to speak to the amendments tabled by noble Lords on the Opposition Front Bench. As we have heard, Amendment 72 proposes to remove the requireme...
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Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025
02/07/2025 • Lords
I suggest we take the heat out of this a bit. Interventions are welcome, but noble Lords are not obliged to take them, and they should be brief.
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