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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am sure the noble Lord opposite would agree that those workers who joined a union and wanted to have a union voice at work to improve their pay and conditions deserve respect,…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I too shall be very brief. I strongly welcome this new right for workers to have reasonable access to their union representatives at their place of work—that is very…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 322 in my name and those of my noble friends Lord Barber and Lord Monks, who regrets he cannot be in his place. It addresses the same principle…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, following the invitation from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, I do feel obliged to say some very brief words on this group of amendments. I was at the helm of the TUC…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as somebody with long experience of campaigning against unpaid internships, I have a huge amount of sympathy with the motivation behind this amendment. Certainly, it is…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillCertainly, I believe that everybody at work—whatever background they come from and whatever their class, sex, gender or sexuality—should have the right to be treated fairly. I…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI hardly know where to start.03 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Harper, on his maiden speech. I thought he was not going to be in his place, so, in his absence, I was going to risk his…02 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Mobility: Sutton Trust Opportunity IndexMy Lords, long before the term “nepo baby” was ever invented, we understood the role of unpaid internships in ensuring that professions remain a closed shop for the offspring of…22 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe noble Baroness mentioned the OECD. Is she aware of the OECD’s employment protection index, which shows that countries such as Germany, Poland and Japan have stronger…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti and to support Amendment 101 in the names of my noble friend Lady Kennedy and the noble Baronesses, Lady…19 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy Lords, I am sure that this deal has been warmly welcomed in steel and in the automotive industry, not just JLR. Not everybody realises we export a significant number of Minis…14 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak very, very briefly. It is heartening to hear support for the amendments in this group right across the House. I will speak in particular to those from the…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and Amendment 72, and I add my thanks to the Safe Sick Pay campaign, the Health Foundation and other organisations. I heartily…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, it would be very helpful if he could confirm and clarify that, in expressing a concern that removing the waiting days would lead to more and…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to follow my noble friend Lord Davies because I absolutely agree with what he says. I would add, just from my own experience, that, early in my working…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, my noble friend is absolutely right that the maximum cap applies to a number of areas, and many people believe that it is too low on those areas as well. Is he at least…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Penn. I shall speak to Amendment 66 in the name of my noble friend Lord Watson, who is unable to be in his place…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I admit that I am a little perplexed by Amendment 1, particularly in the light of the latest TUC-commissioned poll that was published last night. Not only is the Bill…29 Apr 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”My Lords, many truth and justice campaigns, from Orgreave to Grenfell as well as Hillsborough, have faced that culture of state defensiveness and denial. In addition,…22 Apr 2025