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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough. I had not thought, when preparing my address, to look back to 1834. The only time I ever talk about…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I strongly support my noble friend’s amendment, which, as she explained, addresses a fundamental democratic deficit in our current industrial relations framework. I…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Prentis of Leeds, for describing this amendment to us. It is simple and easy to understand but founded on a very difficult and testing…16 Jun 2025HANSARDUnited Kingdom Jobs MarketMy Lords, 274,000 jobs have already vanished on this Government’s watch and the OBR has already warned that the Employment Rights Bill will have an additional negative impact on…11 Jun 2025HANSARDUnited Kingdom Jobs MarketTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the jobs market in the United Kingdom.11 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to the opposition to Clause 57 standing part of the Bill and to Schedule 6 being agreed, tabled by my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough. I also…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we are very grateful to the Minister for revealing to the Committee that we are discussing a fundamental reshaping of workplace democracy, with potentially profound…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, what an important debate this has been. I think 14 noble Lords have participated, starting with my noble friend Lady Coffey. She dealt with Clause 58 in particular,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWe appreciate the detail that the Minister is going into, but a number of questions have not been answered. Can she undertake to write to noble Lords with the answers? Also, can…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for their amendments and contributions to today’s debate. I speak to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will quickly follow and agree with my noble friends Lady Coffey and Lord Jackson of Peterborough in their speaking against the amendments in this group. We feel that…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendments 215 and 332 are in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom. They insert a right for trade union members to switch off—to ignore contact from…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the noble Lord has to face the reality of the situation when looking at today’s world, where trade unions represent only 12% of private sector workers. He tells the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWhile we are considering what the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee concluded, I recall that the last time I raised the use of the Henry VIII powers, the Minister…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe Minister just referred to the negative procedure. Is that a final decision? Given that the Bill takes so much power to make a series of important decisions by statutory…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillOn that positive note, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, first, I say to the House authorities that we greatly appreciate the way they have tolerated the fact that we have gone way beyond the normal rising time on a Thursday,…05 Jun 2025