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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in the debate on my amendment. I have a couple of words by way of reply. I point out to the noble Lord, Lord Jackson,…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillCan I finish the sentence?23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, no one hearing the speeches of the noble Lords who have spoken could be other than sympathetic to the objects of the amendments in this group. However, although it may…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillYes, not again—we rehearsed that in Committee. However, those cases do not support the proposition that the noble Baroness advanced. The case of Young, James and Webster v the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the House will not want a legal argument between me and the noble Baroness.23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this amendment is a reproduction of the amendment on secondary action that I moved in Committee. Of course, your Lordships are far too polite to give expression to the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the difference is that, if you are a member of a trade union, you can leave the trade union. There is no compulsion to remain a member of a trade union. If you do not…23 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit BillMy Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. The retirement of the noble Baroness, Lady Bryan of Partick, is a loss to the House and a loss to me…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the purpose of this amendment is to probe the extent to which the new category of seafarers, “GB-linked ships’ crews”, should benefit from other employment rights apart…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in the light of my noble friend the Minister’s recognition of the shortfall in employment rights for seafarers and the commitment to continued engagement with the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, before I speak to my Amendment 127, I will say a few words about Amendment 125, from the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe. He and other noble Lords on that side of the House…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, may I rather impudently congratulate the Government on their Amendments 112 to 116 and 117 to 119? In Committee, I moved a series of amendments to similar effect;…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI do not really recognise the workplace that the noble Baroness describes. The fact of the matter is that only some—21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillGiven that the noble Lord, Lord Howard, and I practised in employment tribunals, does he agree with me that there are now strong procedures by which employment tribunals can…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I feel obliged to add a word to my noble friend Lord Berkeley’s amendment, because I was counsel for the union in the Deliveroo case which the noble Lord, Lord Russell,…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillForgive me, but those two cases do not demonstrate that. I am familiar with this jurisprudence; I suggest that the noble Baroness read the cases again.10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it is a bit daunting, at 9.50 pm, to speak to a series of amendments relating to the right to strike. I thank my noble friend the Minister for taking time out of her…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for her support, her attention to Amendments 239 and 241, and her economic analysis of inequality in the role of…10 Jun 2025