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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I support the amendments in this group and I will say a word in particular about some of the amendments. On the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Burns, which would remove Clause 59, people in the country will ask, “How can it be that, in a democracy, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"Will noble Lords allow me to say a word in support? I was a little late coming in because I misread the screen; I thought we were on Amendment 122. I support my noble friend’s Amendment 125 because it would reinforce the individual freedom of the workplace and the freedom …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendments. There are good reasons to exempt small businesses, which make up the backbone of our productive economy, from the measures in Clauses 55 and 56, both for the statement of trade union rights and for trade union access.

We know, as we …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"Will the Minister agree that it is a bit heavy-handed to require an employer to furnish a new employee, at the same time as giving them the agreed terms and conditions of employment letter, with a statement on their right to join a trade union? I cannot see that that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, this set of amendments is a proportionate response to the Bill’s Schedule 6 to ensure that we have clarity in the Bill for all parties about the threshold to be met in respect of a union seeking recognition to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of a group of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords I support the amendments in this group because they would mitigate the potential damage to employment from the perspective of both the employer and the employee, whether that employee is a jobseeker or someone recently appointed. The danger exists particularly in this clause. As your Lordships know, Clause …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"Before the Minister sits down, is nine months now the Government’s official position on the initial period? If it is, can they confirm what they are minded to put into their light-touch unfair dismissal arrangements?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I support Amendment 25 in particular, although I also support Amendment 24. This is about the freedom to be represented by people who represent you and your stance. Only 22% of employees in this country belong to a trade union, so surely it is right, as my noble …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I would like to go back to what the noble Lord, Lord Harper, said in pointing out the problems we have with the amendment. Detention centres are used, as the noble Lord said, for those with no legal right to be here—and whether that is a man or …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I am sorry, but what I meant was the community frameworks about which the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, spoke...."
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