Trade Union Bill (Programme) (No. 2) Debate
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Chris Stephens
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Trade Union Bill (Programme) (No. 2)
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Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) (SNP)
Like the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan), we sought additional time. This is a highly controversial Bill, with much media interest, and there were 50 Divisions —on all the clauses—in the Public Bill Committee. Every clause was up for debate, and the timetable for today does not allow the whole House to give every clause the same scrutiny. Ideally, we would want more protected time to discuss all such Bills, and to be able to debate all the clauses in this Bill.