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HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I have two quick questions about the Minister’s answer to my noble friend Lord Hendy. First, I think I understood from his answer that he thinks that Amendment 18A would…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness for engaging so specifically and constructively in the debate, but I do not think she appreciates just how difficult it is, even under the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, this group gives me the opportunity to speak to the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. Earlier, she encouraged the Committee to be constructive when we debated whether an…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate. We have already discussed at length the proportionality concerns about the minimum service level agreements…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillPlease forgive me; I do not mean to be difficult, but these are very important points and I do not think I made myself clear in the way I put the questions to the Minister. I will…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI want to ask a question of the Minister, just to be clear in my own mind. The trade unions say that the Government do not need these powers to enforce minimum service level…23 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisons: EducationMy Lords—23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, this is neither a wrecking amendment nor a probing amendment; it is a most reasonable amendment. Why? Because some of us who have constitutional concerns about skeleton…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillSurely all these other Bills consist of a bit more than two delegated powers. That is what this Bill is. I am beginning to feel sorry for Henry VIII. He was born a King and born…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am grateful for that gracious response from the noble Baroness. Whatever her motivation, I agree that service users should be included in that list, not least for the reasons…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI speak in support of every amendment in this group, even at the risk of offending the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. At first blush, her Amendment 17 enhances my noble friends’…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillDoes the Minister understand the concern and the problem? “May” can become “must” if someone sues an employer for not having issued work notices, on the basis that the Secretary…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThat is even more wisdom from the noble Lord, Lord Balfe. That concludes what I wanted to say about this group of amendments, and I look forward to hearing later, I hope, a word…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI totally agree, by the way, with the noble Baroness that there are areas of our common law in particular, and some statutes, where the inclusion of the adjective “reasonable” by…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIndeed. The point is that the noble Baroness opposite and I disagree, perhaps, about what the effect will be on service users and others, but the test is necessity and…23 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy Lords, does the Minister agree that in the spirit of bipartisanship, on such a dark day for the capital and the country, nobody should double down against the central finding…21 Mar 2023HANSARDCouncil of Europe: Death PenaltyTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they remain (1) opposed to the use of the death penalty, and (2) committed to the United Kingdom’s membership of the Council of Europe.20 Mar 2023HANSARDCouncil of Europe: Death PenaltyThe death penalty?20 Mar 2023HANSARDCouncil of Europe: Death PenaltyI am grateful, as always, to the Minister for his Answer. Noble Lords will appreciate that I tabled this Question some weeks ago in direct response to comments by the Prime…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityHalf the price?15 Mar 2023