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

"My Lords, this amendment is a reproduction of the amendment on secondary action that I moved in Committee. Of course, your Lordships are far too polite to give expression to the collective groan that would otherwise emanate from all sides of the House.

I move the amendment again for two …..."

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

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

"My Lords, the House will not want a legal argument between me and the noble Baroness...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in the debate on my amendment. I have a couple of words by way of reply.

I point out to the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, that the P&O Ferries scandal was not the basis of the argument that …..."

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

"Yes, not again—we rehearsed that in Committee. However, those cases do not support the proposition that the noble Baroness advanced. The case of Young, James and Webster v the United Kingdom concerned three railway workers, who were compelled to join a trade union against their wishes—a closed shop—and the European …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, the difference is that, if you are a member of a trade union, you can leave the trade union. There is no compulsion to remain a member of a trade union. If you do not like paying the political—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"Can I finish the sentence?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, no one hearing the speeches of the noble Lords who have spoken could be other than sympathetic to the objects of the amendments in this group.

However, although it may seem churlish, I have a point on the definition of freelancers in Amendment 161. It is not a …..."

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

"I will try to finish the point in just a couple of sentences. The point is that somebody who does not like paying the political subscription can simply leave the union. If they object to it, that is what they can do. That freedom is protected by Article 11 of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Universal Credit Bill

"My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. The retirement of the noble Baroness, Lady Bryan of Partick, is a loss to the House and a loss to me personally. On behalf of her adopted home in Scotland, she has made a significant contribution to …..."
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