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HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIt is because, as we already said, Section 146 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act already provides a remedy for workers who are discriminated against on…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI will seek further legal advice. I am not a lawyer, but it seems to me that if the provision already exists in other applicable legislation, there is no need to duplicate that…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I will now reply to the debate on Amendment 21, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and Amendment 23 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, which have been…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI do not accept the word “victimised”. A work notice effectively says that somebody has to fulfil their whole working contract as normal, whereby they come into work and get paid…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillLet me outline the procedure for the benefit of the noble Baroness. The work notice will not be a public document. The Bill makes it clear that current data protection legislation…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I sometimes wonder when I listen to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, whether I need to bother replying to these debates, because he has written my speeches before I get up. For…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to those who have contributed to the debate. It should go without saying that, to achieve a minimum service level, employers, employees and trade unions…23 Mar 2023HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 and 20 February be approved. Relevant document: 32nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this short debate: the noble Lords, Lord Collins, Lord Hendy, Lord Woodley and Lord Fox, and the noble Baroness, Lady…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI did not say that they were particularly common, just that they exist in some European member states. Of course, provisions, agreements, labour relations, laws, relations with…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThey lose their protection only if they do not comply with a work notice. The whole principle of this—as the noble Lord has studied industrial relations, he will understand—is…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI was responding to the point I was asked about, and I made the point that, under the Bill, it is clear that an employer must not have regard to whether a worker is or is not a…23 Mar 2023HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, these regulations, and the Electricity Supplier (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, were laid on 8 and 20 February 2023 respectively, and were recently…20 Mar 2023HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 202320 Mar 2023HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. Relevant document: 32nd Report from the Secondary…20 Mar 2023HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank all noble Lords for their valuable contributions to the debate. The electricity-intensive industries exemption provides relief for key foundation industries, including…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCleaner Energy TechnologiesMy Lords, published carbon values are used across government for valuing the impacts on emissions resulting from policy interventions, including options for different clean energy…14 Mar 2023HANSARDCleaner Energy TechnologiesWell, if the noble Baroness is referring to the legally binding carbon budgets, of course by their very nature they are legal targets and we have to meet them. We have met all our…14 Mar 2023HANSARDAlternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023My Lords, in moving the Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023, I will speak also to the Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel…14 Mar 2023HANSARDAlternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023. Relevant documents: 32nd Report from…14 Mar 2023