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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityMy Lords, as a former leader of the Unite the Union, I warmly welcome this Bill, but I would like to see it go a little bit further when we deal with sectoral collective…31 Mar 2025HANSARDCuba: Political Dialogue and Cooperation AgreementTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ratify the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba.25 Mar 2025HANSARDCuba: Political Dialogue and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, of course I warmly welcome that Answer from my noble friend the Minister, but as he will appreciate, every day is a terrible delay in terms of the suffering that it…25 Mar 2025HANSARDSentences of Imprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords, like many others, including the previous speakers, I believe that resentencing is the only way to wipe the IPP stain off our justice system for good. But the Government,…24 Mar 2025HANSARDThames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water: Ofwat Proposed FinesIn December 2024, Ofwat announced that it would fine Thames Water £18 million for paying unjustified dividends of nearly £38 million; that has now risen to £158 million, according…29 Jan 2025 Bills sponsored (3)