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Lords Chamber
Economic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and Prosperity - Thu 13 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Saatchi (Con - Life peer) I suggest, just for the sake of the story, that on the morning of the trial the Attorney-General of the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) Apart from trade unions and their supporters, no one seems to support the workers’ rights Bill. - Speech Link
3: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) We have also reached a trade agreement with the US and signed a new trade deal with India. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 11 Nov 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) Government recognise that pension age is an important issue for frontline staff and our recognised trade - Speech Link
2: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) As I said, the Government will continue to engage with the relevant and recognised unions, as well as - Speech Link
3: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) already said, it is absolutely right that we continue to have those discussions with the relevant trade - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Lords message - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) Consultation with employers, trade unions and stakeholders will take place before such regulations are - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) We on the Conservative Benches seek to respect the role of trade unions, but in a flexible workplace - Speech Link
3: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) Trade unions are critical to that mission and the Employment Rights Bill will help to deliver that.The - Speech Link
4: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) I hope we see a robust and enforceable right of access for trade unions to workplaces, both physical - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Report stage - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None and Pakistan, each a member of the Commonwealth and with which the UK has strong ties, whether of trade - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Many human rights claims are founded not on a country’s general safety but on an individual’s personal - Speech Link
3: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) I take very seriously the general point about data for risk assessment, and I understand what the noble - Speech Link
4: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) unions, and many other front-line organisations pressing for this change.All workers, regardless of - Speech Link
5: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) When the Attorney-General, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, gave evidence before a committee, - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) We will consider the range of responses, including those from trades unions. - Speech Link
2: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) A very key part of that is the sanitary and phytosanitary agreement for food and drink trade, which my - Speech Link
3: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) We will work in partnership with trade unions to avoid unnecessary disruption and not end up in the situation - Speech Link
4: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) On 5 June, the Paymaster General said he would consider the compensation arrangements. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Korean War: 75th Commemoration - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) During that visit, both nations reaffirmed their collaboration in diplomacy, trade, vehicles, military - Speech Link
2: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) that is being bashed out by trade negotiators. - Speech Link
3: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - North Cotswolds) General Marzuki Darusman, he conducted a comprehensive set of hearings, gathering witness testimony - Speech Link
4: Ian Roome (LD - North Devon) It does not allow“any organised political opposition, independent media, free trade unions, civil society - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) who have been victims of some of the most serious offences and were waiting for years before the general - Speech Link
2: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) Last week in Brighton, the TUC unanimously backed the “Safe Inside” campaign promoted by the Joint Unions - Speech Link
3: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) We are talking to the unions. - Speech Link
4: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) and Local Government, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Department for Business and Trade - Speech Link
5: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) The previous Justice Secretary pretended that we could reform the ECHR, but the Attorney General, Lord - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) Although trade unions provide valuable support to their members, only 22% of workers are in a trade union - Speech Link
2: None On trade unions, I also support the amendment on retaining the 50% ballot threshold requirement for trade - Speech Link
3: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) Trade unions must not be uniquely singled out. - Speech Link
4: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) Of course, the great majority of trade union political funds are operated by trade unions that are not - Speech Link
5: None Also, trade unions get the credit. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Report stage part one - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Lab - Life peer) In 1909 the Osborne judgment ruled that trade unions could not legally use their general funds for political - Speech Link
2: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) Then I started to learn one or two things about trade unions. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Trade unions have long fought for equality. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Report stage part one - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) unions for their continuing engagement on these issues. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) been endorsed in almost every speech I have heard my noble and learned friend Lord Hermer KC, the Attorney-General - Speech Link
3: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) Many of Britain’s most innovative companies recognise trade unions and the real value that an independent - Speech Link
4: Lord Monks (Lab - Life peer) He promoted collective bargaining and trade unions as an antidote to that kind of greed. - Speech Link