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HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, at the risk of saying what I said earlier, if this amendment is not accepted by the Government, that presents a problem to the whole House as to what is to be done about…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI just say to the noble Baroness that there is nothing wrong with conformity being voluntary. The whole basis of the ILO jurisprudence is that minimum service levels and…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 33 and 34. I share my noble friend Lord Collins’s outrage at this proposal. It is one thing to set minimum service levels and another thing…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fox. My Amendment 32A simply amplifies the noble Lord’s amendment and takes it a little further. As I understand it, and…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for the clarity of his answer, and to all noble Baronesses and Lords who participated in the debate. I will not do them the disservice…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I am sorry to trouble the noble Lord a moment further, but could I invite him to express a view on the report of the Delegated Powers Committee? It points out that there…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI apologise for intervening again. The point is that Sections 146 and 151 specify membership and activities, whereas this Bill protects against discrimination on the grounds of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Donaghy. After the intervention by the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, I really ought to declare my interests as in the…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I have four questions for the Minister. First, I appreciate that this ground has been covered to a certain extent—at least, what has been covered provokes me to ask this…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, in the previous group I drew attention to the fact that the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee report criticised the absence of detail in the Bill in…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am so sorry to intervene again; this is absolutely my last intervention. If the criterion is life and limb then many of the categories listed by my noble friends Lord Collins…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThat is absolutely understood—but is not the implication that the ambulance crews have to be in the ambulances? They cannot be standing on a picket line; they have to be in the…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords—09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am very grateful to the Minister for spelling out the criterion for minimum service levels in the health sector, which is life and limb. Can I explore that a bit further? Life…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I have the honour to serve on your Lordships’ Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. As noble Lords will know, in our 27th report we dealt with this…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI asked the Minister about the trade and co-operation agreement. He did not refer to that. I do not know if he wishes to do so or if he thinks it is completely irrelevant.09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI will not repeat what I said earlier today, but it is quite clear that the ILO in particular imposes conditions on minimum service levels that this Bill does not comply with.…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillCan I just inquire about the Minister’s proposition that all options are being considered? Can she say whether the possibility has been excluded from consideration of requiring…09 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will make a short point about Amendment 61A, tabled by my noble friend Lord Whitty. In the amendment, he seeks to exclude from the effect of Clause 3 employment rights and…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, could I raise one point on delay? I am trying to visualise a situation in which officials are considering a particular set of regulations—let us…28 Feb 2023