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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 108, I will speak to Amendment 109, also in my name. My declaration of interest is that I have worked in my career with hundreds of companies, many…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI apologise for intervening, but is the Minister saying that R3 stated that it was against this amendment?16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI do not want to detain the House, but I am in ongoing discussions with R3, and it has never said this. Is the Minister quite sure that it is not saying that it is concerned about…16 Jul 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Pannick, is absolutely correct—and what happened? Within a few days, all that went away. They had a look and it went away. As I mentioned, I wrote an article…15 Jul 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, despite the very kind words of my noble friend the senior Lord Moynihan, and indeed of the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, I understand that we have to be careful in declaring…15 Jul 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness. It is a pity we are discussing football and not chess, where maybe the clock would have been stopped to give me the time I would need in view of that…15 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support this very important amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Acton, and endorse everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, said. Noble…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe noble Lord and others keep referring to the 2016 Act, but the amendments that we have been addressing in this section are all amendments to the Trade Union and Labour…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am embarrassed to keep your Lordships even a few minutes more, but I stand to support the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, and my noble friend Lord…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, what a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Lawlor. I support the amendments introduced by my noble friend Lord Jackson. I am assured by my noble friend Lord Leigh…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI hope the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, is not saying I was not here for the start of this debate. Of course, the Labour Government closed down more coal mines than Margaret Thatcher.05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Lord for his intervention, but I hope I am forgiven for thinking he has not been listening to what I have been saying. As I understand it, this clause is about…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, good evening. I rise in support of Amendments 141BA, 141C and 142B, and it is a pleasure to support the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, on these amendments. I declare an interest…03 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI support this amendment, and I hope to illustrate to the Government that this proposed purpose clause will help them and will be of benefit to the debate in reaching an effective…20 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I welcome back the Minister and the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe and Lord Hunt, for another day on this important Bill. To some extent, we are thrown back to the previous…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I would like to add to what the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, said. We are having a good debate and I very much hope to keep it friendly. What the noble Lord, Lord Davies,…08 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed, and my noble friend Lord Biggar on their excellent maiden speeches. Committee on this Bill is in a few weeks. Today we are…01 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support this important amendment and endorse the serious concerns just now expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral. I declare my…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the debate on this group of amendments has been invigorating and useful. I thank all those noble Lords, in particular, the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, who…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill29 Apr 2025