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Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 17 Jul 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hazarika (Lab - Life peer) Our trade unions do such important work, and I pay tribute to the many Members in this House who have - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) The new Attorney-General, the soon to be Lord Hermer, when asked a couple of years ago what piece of - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) I am especially pleased that, for the first time since 2010, we have an Attorney-General in your Lordships - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Risk-based Exclusion - Mon 13 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) I would also like to thank those who have worked to get us to this point: the staff and the trade unions - Speech Link
2: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con - North East Somerset) A general election is coming in the next few months. - Speech Link
3: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) I refer to an email I received from Ken Gall from the trade unions here in the Commons—I think the hon - Speech Link
4: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) General under two Prime Ministers and Solicitor General before that—but perhaps more relevantly, as a - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) What happens in practice is that the Foreign Office lawyer, together with the Attorney-General, will - Speech Link
2: None After the military coup in Myanmar, 16 trade unions were declared illegal and trade union activists have - Speech Link
3: None This is quite common in trade agreements. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Gibraltar: UK-EU Negotiations - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Ministers within his Government and Gibraltar parliamentarians but to businesses, particularly the trade - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) In that regard, the Europe Minister met the Chief Minister, while the Attorney-General of Gibraltar is - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Caine (Con - Life peer) already decided to allocate over £685 million to allow conversations to commence between employers and trade - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) warned.All this, as well as being in the courts, was also agreed to by the independent lawyer, the former Attorney-General - Speech Link
3: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) Therefore, we had to leave first before it could negotiate trade arrangements with us. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) In 1938, when the Anglo-Irish trade agreement was signed, the unionist MPs hated it. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) the international law exception dependent on prior confirmation by the Secretary of State or the Attorney-General - Speech Link
2: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) Trade unions, churches and the Mothers’ Union in Brighton led a boycott in relation to South African - Speech Link
3: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) deal: the trade and co-operation agreement. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I will use a specific point to make a general one. - Speech Link
5: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) If a public authority decided that it would not trade with any supplier which banned trade unions or - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Will the Justice Secretary back Operation Protect, the campaign spearheaded by the justice unions, and - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Lady asks me to liaise with the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) The Department for Business and Trade is better placed to answer those specific points, but I would say - Speech Link
4: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) When will the Minister meet the Counsel General for Wales to discuss the devolution of justice? - Speech Link
5: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) They deserve answers, and a series of reviews are taking place, including by the Attorney General, on - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ministerial Severance: Reform - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) , Attorney General for the first time under one Prime Minister, Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) unions work.If we look at trade unions, we see that they used to support Labour—they still do—in the - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) It is not against the principle of severance—rather confusingly, the shadow Attorney General has been - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defending the UK and Allies - Mon 15 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Yes, it is about defence and security, but it is also about trade, investment, culture and more. - Speech Link
2: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) Now that the Houthis are threatening seafarers’ lives and international navigation—along with the trade - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) General is deeply involved in the work he suggests. - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Some 15% of global trade passes through this corridor, and as we are seeing, if that has to reroute, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 2 - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) At one end, it would include trade unions, because if you are talking about automated delivery vehicles - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) unions and businesses. - Speech Link
3: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) That may well be true, but why not try to take the trade unions with you, as well as the employers, when - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) As I have said previously, we anticipate that we will bring in the views of academia, trade unions and - Speech Link