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HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, in my contribution to this debate, a debate so well led by my noble friend Lord Livermore, I will focus on growth and vocational skills. We have to start by honestly…11 Nov 2024HANSARDHospices: FundingMy Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for allowing us to shine a light on our hospices. They deserve all the help we can give them in return for all the help…24 Oct 2024HANSARDKing’s Speech (4th Day)My Lords, it is a real pleasure for me today to welcome the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, and welcome him to this House. It was a very interesting and inspiring speech…22 Jul 2024HANSARDCommunity Sports: Impact on Young PeopleMy Lords, I warmly congratulate my noble friend Lord Hannett of Everton on his excellent maiden speech. It demonstrated to everyone in the House that we have acquired a new Member…16 May 2024HANSARDTrade Unions: Skilled Professional Graduate WorkersMy Lords, I express my gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, for his work to promote the role of trade unions and their members in the rather desolate area of the Conservative…06 Jul 2023HANSARDUK Economy: Growth, Inflation and ProductivityMy Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Eatwell for launching this debate in such a stimulating way. It has produced a lot of interesting contributions so far.…29 Jun 2023HANSARDREACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I too have experience of dealing with REACH at the European level. When I was the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, we worked with the British…13 Jun 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWould the Minister accept that there is tremendous scope for victimisation in the provision that he is talking about, which this probing amendment is opening out? If the work…23 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lampard, on her speech, and look forward to many future contributions from her to the work of this Chamber. We have just…10 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Balfe. He followed me as president of BALPA and has done a good job, as I know from all my ex-colleagues in that…09 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, here we go again. The noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, has taken us through some of the industrial relations history, going back many centuries in some cases. It shows that it is…21 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am delighted to welcome my noble friend Lady O’Grady, my close colleague and friend. She will continue to liven up our debates with her passion and commitment, as she…06 Feb 2023HANSARDPrime Minister: Trade UnionsMy Lords, during the recent crisis, the mood of the nation was clearly that we were all in it together and people observed common rules—with a few exceptions in Downing Street and…19 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Public Well-beingMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Drake for her characteristic enterprise in securing this debate at this particular time. Not many people will envy the Chancellor of the…20 Oct 2022HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, this SI is the latest in a long line of steps, taken by successive Conservative Governments, to wrap trade unions in ever-more complex and restrictive dollops of red…18 Jul 2022HANSARDTrades Union Congress: Levelling UpMy Lords, I think the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, might find that his voting figures are a bit shaky after last week’s by-election results. Why are the Government messing around with…29 Jun 2022HANSARDFire and RehireMy Lords, the Government were right in their condemnation of the disreputable behaviour of P&O Ferries recently, but I also read a lot in the papers about the Government…15 Jun 2022HANSARDNeurological ConditionsMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, not just for initiating this debate but for his work over many years in championing the fight that needs to go on all the time against…09 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, we know that the most vulnerable in our society are in for a very rough ride in the next few years and there is the real threat of a deep recession. Against that…16 May 2022HANSARDTrade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022My Lords, to follow on from those last points, it almost seemed to be the case from the Minister’s presentation that unions had somehow agreed with quite a lot of the proposals…07 Mar 2022