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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendment 143 is intended to provide a tougher remedy for breach of the obligation, which is a very modest one, to consult in cases of collective redundancy. At present,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillOf course; that is always the way whenever there is litigation. Whatever the subject matter, people do not want the burden of defending the case and the people bringing the case…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I get the impression that there is a bit of a misunderstanding around the nature of employment tribunals. I spent the first half of a long career at the Bar doing…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI absolutely agree that most cases never get to a full hearing; only a tiny minority ever do. The noble Baroness is right that many cases settle, of course. Many are conciliated,…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat may very well be, but it still does not remove the fundamental point: what is being proposed is a category of worker who can be dismissed unfairly for the most extreme…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillCan the noble Lord indicate what he thinks the value of an impact assessment is that does not weigh the benefits that ensue from the legislation but only the costs?19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I shall make four short points on these amendments, all of which I oppose. First, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, suggested that employers would get locked into guaranteed…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI endorse what my noble friend Lord Davies said a moment ago. A trade union is defined by Section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act, and it is an…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillPerhaps I could add something on that subject. I think that my noble friend suggested that there was one overall cap and that consistency was required, which is the point that my…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have a small point on Amendments 7 and 11 to 13, which seek to extend the reference period from the current 12 weeks in the Bill to 26 weeks. Last year the Chartered…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I too rise to address Amendment 1. It is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Carberry. I am not clear about the purpose of Amendment 1. It seems to me that the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPublic Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report)My Lords, I too had the pleasure of serving on this committee and add my tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Norton, chair of the committee, and Andrea Dowsett, clerk to the…25 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel IndustryMy Lords, the Government are to be congratulated on acting decisively and promptly. Like, I think, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, I came here thinking that we were going to…12 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on her elegant exposition of the Bill in opening today’s debate. I also congratulate our four maiden speakers on their…27 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Cashman. Like him, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his very powerful opening. In a long…20 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her Answer. Some 68% of working-age adults in poverty and 50% of children in poverty live in a household with at least one wage earner; 38%…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report UK Poverty 2025 published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 30 January, particularly with regard to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI suggest that “a massive explosion in sustainable aviation fuel” is probably not what the noble Baroness meant literally. But seriously, the answer is yes, as this country can be…03 Feb 2025HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentMy Lords, my question also relates to the first of the six admirable milestones, on having higher “living standards in every part of the United Kingdom”. I looked at the document…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEuropean Social CharterTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to ratify the Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter to establish a system of collective complaints; and what plans…03 Sept 2024