Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:52 am on 22 October 2021.

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Photo of Ruth Jones Ruth Jones Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 9:52, 22 October 2021

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, and an important one. Did not the researchers find that 70% of the companies deploying fire-and-rehire tactics were profit-making companies? They have not been driven to this as a last resort because of the pandemic; they are making profits, and healthy profits at that. Does my hon. Friend agree?