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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for her support and her economic analysis of the consequences of the absence of the effective right…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillLet me put it more respectfully: I disagree. That is not what the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on Article 11 demonstrates. There is no right, if you are a…10 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 Bill10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill10 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 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I added my name to this amendment, and the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, and the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, have said everything that I wanted to say. I just want to add…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, for supporting my Amendment 203. It is designed to give the Secretary…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for her fulsome support of the amendments. I am of course shocked that the noble Baroness, Lady…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, my Amendment 214 is designed to provide an effective remedy against an employer which defies an order of the CAC to provide trade union access. This is a situation where…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 152 to 179, which are intended not to undermine but to improve the SSSNB. First, I will say a word about collective bargaining relevant to…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has participated in this debate. In particular, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Browning and Lady Ritchie, for their Amendment 185. I completely…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillNo, not at all. Growing self-employment has been a trend for the last 20 years, which has perhaps accelerated a bit in the last 10 years. The worry is that school employers may…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, in particular my noble friends Lord Barber, Lady O’Grady and Lord Monks for their Amendment 322, which I…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI apologise to noble Lords for inflicting my voice on them again. The amendments in this group are intended to convert the ASCNB into a collective bargaining forum and achieve the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Davies for his support. I am also grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, for his contribution. In response to him, I note that…03 Jun 2025