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

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Goddard. I agree with pretty much all that he said. I thank my noble friend Lady Barran for her amendments. I thank my noble friend Lord Agnew for his interesting and timely perspective, and I salute the teaching …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, Amendment 125 in my name speaks to a fundamental principle that we should run through every piece of employment legislation that we consider, and that it is the right of the individual to determine their own path.

Too much of the Bill rests on an implicit and rather …..."

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

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

"My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who spoke in this brief debate. I confess that I will have to go back and bone up on my Stanley Baldwin history—I was not expecting that. The noble Lord, Lord Hendy, accused me of ignorance of industrial relations. He asked why anyone …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 135 to 143, all in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral. When this power first appeared in the Bill, the Minister in the other place, Mr Justin Madders, admitted that the Government had not even decided …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

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

"I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the context in a bit more detail, but I am afraid I am not entirely persuaded. I would like to test the opinion of the House...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2025
Post Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1

"My Lords, I will respond to the Government’s Statement and the accompanying Green Paper, Future of Post Office. This marks the first comprehensive review of the network in over 15 years—one that, I must say at the outset, raises as many questions as it seeks to answer. We on …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, for their amendments and their introductions. I speak strongly in favour of these amendments, which address a crucial gap in the rights currently afforded to workers.

At its core, this is about …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, British farmers have been hammered by this Government. Requiring farmers to give guaranteed hours and day one rights on sick pay and unfair dismissal, as well as to make payments for cancelled shifts, is unworkable, so I would like to test the opinion of the House...."
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