Does my hon. Friend agree that it is only thanks to trade unions campaigning and funding legal action that millions of people have received rightful compensation for industrial injuries such as mesothelioma, or that there is the miners compensation scheme that was pioneered by the trade union movement? Without that, millions of people in this country who suffered through no fault of their own—apart from going to work—would not have received rightful compensation.
Trade Union Bill
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Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 April 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Trade Union Bill.
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