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HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillI add my support to the contributions made by the three previous speakers on this group. It seems that there is one big gap in the Bill, which is to take account of the interests…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: International ResponseMy Lords, the key question underlying this debate is whether the nations of the developed world will rise to the challenges of tackling Covid-19 globally and not just concentrate…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: StrategyAfter a few days of muddle and mixed messages, it is very welcome that the Government have acted positively on the health and safety of workers. The TUC has described it as a step…12 May 2020HANSARDIncome Equality and SustainabilityMy Lords, I am pleased to take part in this debate. I wish the most reverend Primate very well for the future and thank him for his outstanding service to date. Inequality has…06 May 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingMy Lords, I very much welcome the initiative of my noble friend Lord Young of Norwood Green in bringing this debate to the House. Now is the time for the many friends and admirers…05 Mar 2020HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)That is where we disagree. We are all against nonsenses, by the way—on that we agree—but a railway open to all, going from the north of England to the south, seems to me anything…23 Jan 2020HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, as a former member of the Economic Affairs Committee, I continue to appreciate its work. It has been a forensic and challenging commentator on HS2 in recent years. This…23 Jan 2020HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, the Prime Minister said this morning in his Manchester speech that no deal, “is an outcome for which we are ready”. The noble Lord, Lord Callanan, repeated that in his…02 Oct 2019HANSARDTrade UnionsMy Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lord Jordan and I congratulate him on his enterprise in initiating this debate. In so doing I also congratulate the ILO on its…18 Jul 2019HANSARDApprenticeshipsMy Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Young on this initiative and securing this important debate on apprenticeships. I also welcome the generally positive,…04 Jul 2019HANSARDEmploymentMy Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, on securing this debate on employment. It is certainly understandable that he has focused on the good news. The headline…06 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner, raises an important point. I look forward to the Government’s response to her very pertinent question. I give a qualified welcome to…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Protection for WorkersMy Lords, Frances O’Grady certainly does not need any defence from me. She very much reflected the trade union mission in life, which is always to seek more—one word: more. Some…07 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the House has carried an amendment such as this before and has done so overwhelmingly. It crops up in the context of this Trade Bill and will do so again whatever the…06 Mar 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018My Lords, it is pretty obvious that these regulations were drafted—as was necessary—before the conclusion of the current talks that the Prime Minister very belatedly initiated…06 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillJust to correct that statement, it was John Major’s Government who negotiated an opt-out from the Social Chapter in the context of the Maastricht treaty.04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, perhaps I may interject, having been general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation for eight years and, during those eight years, having been consulted on…21 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham, opened by expressing his total disagreement with what the previous speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong, had said. I am going to…10 Jan 2019