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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Burns, and the amendments seeking greater transparency for trade union members on where their money goes. I support the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will say a few words in support of Amendments 215AZZB to 215AZZD, tabled by my noble friend Lord Sharpe. These are to Schedule 6 and I am responding to the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDComplications from Abortions (Annual Report) Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not support the noble Baroness’s opposition to Clause 1 standing part of the Bill. My noble friend Lord Moylan has mentioned the 2023 analysis by the Office for…06 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am a bit puzzled about how access to digital can work side by side with the protections we have for data security.05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group that seek to mitigate the impact of Clause 55, which amends the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 by…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the Minister for giving way, but I do not know that a mandate of 33% of the electorate is indeed a very strong mandate for overturning the reforms that have brought…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI support Amendments 212 and 213 in this group tabled by my noble friend Lord Jackson. I agree that a 24-hour notice period is necessary, particularly for small businesses,…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI support my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral’s amendment and have little to add to what he and my noble friend Lord Moynihan have said. I emphasise that we ought to support such…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am against Clause 31 standing part of the Bill. The 2010 Act protects against gender and other types of discrimination. It replaces earlier Acts, as your Lordships…03 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing the Bill so succinctly. I welcome my noble friend Lord Harper, who is not in his place, and wish him very well in this…02 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI rise to support the amendments in the names of my noble friends Lord Young of Acton and Lady Noakes to Clauses 20 and 21. Both noted, as have other noble Lords, the impact these…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am a bit puzzled as to how the tribunal will measure this alleged harassment, given the different interpretations that could be put on it. There are some conflicts, as we have…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support my noble friends Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Lord Hunt of Wirral in proposing this impact assessment and thank my noble friend Lord Hunt for making the case so…19 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsCould the Minister write to me and let me know what numbers are involved in company transfers to this country as matters stand? Do we have any idea of the numbers that companies…13 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsThe Minister mentioned that Indian firms could send their employees to work here. Do the Government have any idea of the numbers involved? Will they put a cap on those numbers,…13 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy Lords—13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I shall speak in support of Amendments 71A and 71B in the name of my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom, Amendment 73 in the name of my noble friend Lady Coffey, and…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I strongly support this amendment in the name of my noble friend. I am an employer, and I have declared my interest in the register. I founded and was the executive…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I speak in favour of Amendment 22, which would allow the duty to provide reasonable notice not to apply in certain cases, and Amendment 24, which would do likewise for…08 May 2025HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyMy Lords, following the question of the noble Lord, Lord West, will the Minister come back to the House with a proportionate number for the increased scale-up of naval procurement…30 Apr 2025