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HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023The hon. Member will be aware from my opening remarks that the Bill that floated this idea was given Royal Assent in 2016. A few international events got in the way of our…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I will have to jettison a large part of my speaking notes now, Mr Paisley! I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I am happy to respond to the hon. Gentleman. If he wants to know whether a trade union will bring legal action, he had better ask the trade union. We believe that the regulations…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023The hon. Gentleman has answered his own question. This is a matter of the relationship between the public sector employer and its employee. That is why it is a reserved matter. In…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I am pleased to be able to tell the hon. Gentleman that the trade unions were consulted as part of the work we did during the passage of the Trade Union Act 2016. To be clear: for…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I will give way to the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton first.30 Jan 2024HANSARD Fossil Fuels: LobbyingI congratulate the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) on gaining this Adjournment debate, and echo in part what the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) said:…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I thank all those who contributed to the debate. The hon. Member for Llanelli says that this is not a pressing issue, and I am inclined to agree with her, because that is why it…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave a few moments ago. She will know that there are existing, well established processes for dispute resolution between trade unions and…30 Jan 2024HANSARDNext General ElectionI can see that it is going to be a long year. We will have plenty of time over the next few months to rehearse all the points put across by Opposition Members, and no doubt some…29 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI am pleased to have learned something about St Andrews harbour. I am sure that colleagues in other Government Departments, including DLUHC, are considering those issues.…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceNo. One can only imagine what it has felt like in the Shetlands over the past week or so. My sympathies are with the right hon. Gentleman’s constituents. To his point about…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI am delighted to hear about the initiative in Cadbury—I have fond memories as a schoolboy of walking around the hillfort there—and am well aware of the historical threats that…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his warm words about our emergency services and utility workers. On his specific point about flooding, he will have heard the Department for…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI am glad that my hon. Friend has such a worthy campaign to support his constituents. I will ensure that his request for a meeting goes to the most appropriate Minister, who may…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI will ask Ministers from other Departments to come back to the hon. Gentleman on the specifics, but he will know that we are very keen to see a restoration of Stormont, and I…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI have landed at Tingwall airport in a storm in the summer, and that was frightening enough.24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI thank my right hon. Friend for his observations. As a former resident of 70 Whitehall, he understands the problems in great depth, and the chalk streams of Hampshire have no…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceThe hon. Lady will have heard me say a moment ago that the NAO was pleased that the Government have taken steps to address extreme weather as part of a whole-system approach,…24 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceWe obviously learned a great many lessons from covid. As the hon. Lady will be aware from the documentation that the Government have published over the past couple of years, there…24 Jan 2024