REUL Bill: Trade Unions and Workers’ Rights Debate
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Baroness Wheatcroft
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REUL Bill: Trade Unions and Workers’ Rights
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Baroness Wheatcroft (CB)
My Lords, has the Minister recently read or listened to the speeches of Tony Danker, the director-general of the CBI? He is very clear that his members do not want this legislation; that they find it, even as potential legislation, damaging to their markets; and that, should it go ahead, it will undoubtedly shrink the market further for British exports, which have suffered enough already.
Lord Callanan (Con)
I have not seen the comments which the noble Baroness attributes to the director-general of the CBI, but I will certainly look at them. However, I am not sure how our repealing redundant pieces of legislation in this House affects overseas markets.