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Andy McDonald is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of allowing disabled people who directly employ their own care workers to sponsor care workers from abroad.
Will the Minister give way?
A lot of the remarks made this evening have focused on safety, but section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 provides workers with the means to contest the adequacy of safety arrangements and withdraw their labour—they can walk away. Given that, can the Minister explain to the Committee which statute would take precedence: the Employment Rights Act 1996 or this Bill?
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Entered the House of Commons on 30 November 2012 — Byelection
Andy McDonald campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC
Last updated: 23 Jan 2023.
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