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Lords Chamber
Gibraltar: UK-EU Negotiations - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Ministers within his Government and Gibraltar parliamentarians but to businesses, particularly the trade - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) In that regard, the Europe Minister met the Chief Minister, while the Attorney-General of Gibraltar is - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ministerial Severance: Reform - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) , Attorney General for the first time under one Prime Minister, Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) Actually, I am not, but he did not know that.Let us talk about trade unions, because this motion is rather - Speech Link


Select Committee
Institute of Employment Rights
HRW0029 - Human Rights at Work

Written Evidence Mar. 14 2024

Inquiry: Human Rights at Work
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: The Trade Union Act 1871 made trade unions lawful organisations and defined them by requiring that


Lords Chamber
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 2 - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) At one end, it would include trade unions, because if you are talking about automated delivery vehicles - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) unions and businesses. - Speech Link
3: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) That may well be true, but why not try to take the trade unions with you, as well as the employers, when - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) As I have said previously, we anticipate that we will bring in the views of academia, trade unions and - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 30 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) member will continue to engage with the trade unions—specifically our health trade unions—to identify - Speech Link
2: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) I would also not seek to restrict the right of trade unions to protest. - Speech Link
3: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) Excuse me—I am struggling with a sore throat today.I have made points about workers, about trade unions - Speech Link
4: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) royal assent, the Northern Ireland bill was referred to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom by the Attorney - Speech Link


Select Committee
University of Sussex
MENA0051 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: to the arms trade.


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) What happens in practice is that the Foreign Office lawyer, together with the Attorney-General, will - Speech Link
2: None After the military coup in Myanmar, 16 trade unions were declared illegal and trade union activists have - Speech Link
3: None This is quite common in trade agreements. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) on the international law exception dependent on prior confirmation by the Secretary of State or the Attorney-General - Speech Link
2: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) Trade unions, churches and the Mothers’ Union in Brighton led a boycott in relation to South African - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I will use a specific point to make a general one. - Speech Link
4: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) unions and others in extolling the virtue of boycotts. - Speech Link
5: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) If a public authority decided that it would not trade with any supplier which banned trade unions or - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Will the Justice Secretary back Operation Protect, the campaign spearheaded by the justice unions, and - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Lady asks me to liaise with the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
3: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) Reoffending costs £18 billion a year, but there is not just the financial cost but the impact on society in general - Speech Link
4: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) When will the Minister meet the Counsel General for Wales to discuss the devolution of justice? - Speech Link
5: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) They deserve answers, and a series of reviews are taking place, including by the Attorney General, on - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) I think, to send a message out from Parliament, from yourselves and from ourselves as employers and trade - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) I remember being in a meeting —Paddy was there, as was Helen—with the then Home Secretary, the Attorney - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) , the transport unions say, “Can we please have a separate offence of assaulting a bus or tube driver - Speech Link