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HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 69 in my name. I begin by declaring my interest as the current president of BALPA. This amendment proposes an annual report by the CAA…13 Jul 2026HANSARDEmployment TribunalsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce waiting times for consideration of cases in the Employment Tribunal system.02 Jul 2026HANSARDEmployment TribunalsCan the Minister assure me that enforcement of awards will be taken firmly into consideration in developing new proposals to overhaul the whole system?02 Jul 2026HANSARDEmployment TribunalsI thank my noble friend for that reply and I very much welcome the work that has been and is being done with ACAS and others to address this challenge. I hope that proposals for…02 Jul 2026HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by recording my registered interest as the president of BALPA. I strongly echo the point made so clearly by the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, about the…18 Jun 2026HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 101A. I declare an interest as I am currently president of the British Airline Pilots Association. It is clear that we have ambitious targets…16 Jun 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Iran ConflictMy Lords—15 Jun 2026HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I first declare an interest, as noted in the register, in that I am the current president of BALPA, the British Airline Pilots’ Association. BALPA is strongly supportive…02 Jun 2026HANSARDRMT Strikes: Impact on BusinessesI, too, thank the Minister for her reply to this Question. I have spent a lot of time in my working life trying to help resolve disputes; in my experience, there are often faults…28 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have spoken only once previously in the many long hours of debate on the Bill. That was at Second Reading, when I told the story of Daniel, the much-loved son of my…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWith great respect, I would like to conclude my remarks. There were many cases of honourable Members weighing their positions after close consultation with deeply interested…24 Apr 2026HANSARDMinisterial Salaries (Amendment) BillMy Lords, this House is often confronted by issues of great complexity, but happily today we are dealing with a rather straightforward single issue on which I hope we will be…14 Apr 2026HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the subjects covered by these amendments have been more than extensively debated already, so I do not need to rehearse all the arguments around each issue. Nor do I…10 Dec 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025My Lords, there is no disguising the scale of the economic challenges facing our country, and the Budget had commendable clarity in its central objectives: tackling the high cost…04 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I rise to move this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Woodley, who is a little unwell today. Amendments 77 and 135 are in his name. As a lifelong trade…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for his response. On Amendment 77, I noticed that he placed proper emphasis on payback to our communities from the unpaid work we are…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I also support these amendments on the right of asylum seekers to work, and in particular Amendment 45, which makes the eminently reasonable proposal for there to be…05 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have been asked by my long-standing friend and TUC colleague, my noble friend Lord Monks, of Blackley, to contribute to this debate. My noble friend Lord Monks is…12 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this is an issue with a long history. In 1909 the Osborne judgment ruled that trade unions could not legally use their general funds for political purposes.…23 Jul 2025