Trade Union Bill

My Lords, I rise to reply on behalf of these Benches, and look forward to hearing some excellent ...

My Lords, the Bill reminds me of a prize fight between two old adversaries. The boxer in the blue...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. I shall tal...

My Lords, I am most interested in the contribution that the noble Baroness has just made, and I a...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to renew working with the noble Lord, Lord King of Bridgwater. ...

The noble Lord says that he does not know of any employers who are interested in this. Has he rid...

I ride on the London Tube every day and I suffer when other people do, but it is quite typical of...

My Lords, I start with a text:

“It has become a well-established custom that matters affect...

My Lords, I very much welcome the speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, and I hope that if h...

My Lords, we on these Benches are always wary of involving ourselves in debates that, as we have ...

My Lords, I start with a declaration of interest that does not usually come from this side of the...

Does the noble Lord accept that the publication of the Bill makes that kind of dialogue even more...

I say to the noble Lord that the publication of the Bill probably arises in part from the fact th...

My Lords, I am sure that we are all entirely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, for his word...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to participate in this very important debate. Years ago, part...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which has ...

My Lords, I speak for the first time in your Lordships’ House, and I do so with a great sense of ...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to congratulate my noble friend Lord Livermore on his most exce...

My Lords, I have listened very carefully to what noble Lords have had to say today so far. Much h...

My Lords, I speak for the first time in your Lordships’ House, like my noble friend Lord Livermor...

My Lords, it is my privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Primarolo, and to congratulate he...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Handsworth, with all h...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in a debate with so many fine maiden speeches—namely, tho...

My Lords, I start my maiden speech by thanking the staff and officials of the House of Lords, and...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to congratulate my noble friend Lord Watts on his maiden speech....

Right. Well, I have drawn the short straw in that I am the 23rd speaker on the list and I follow ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak tonight in support of the Bill, as many of m...

My Lords, I did not speak in the dress rehearsal on 19 November, when my noble friend Lord Foulke...

I do not want to restrict the flow of the noble Lord’s very eloquent speech, but we have not hear...

I am grateful for being put right and I will endeavour to do my best on that score. I cannot guar...

My Lords, I speak as the former leader of a city council which has a history of good working rela...

My Lords, I add my congratulations on the three maiden speeches that we have heard from my noble ...

My Lords, bearing in mind that this is a debate, I will start by referring to a comment made, in ...

My Lords, I speak from two perspectives on this Bill. My title comes from Stockport, where I grew...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, who is not in his place, I spent a large prop...

My Lords, I declare my interest as president of the Local Government Association. My other intere...

My Lords, many speakers today have underlined how pernicious and unnecessary the Bill is. As many...

My Lords, I first congratulate my noble friends on their maiden speeches, which showed great prom...

I remind the noble Lord that 30% of trade unionists vote for the Conservative Party but they are ...

I thank the noble Lord. I have always been aware of the fact that a significant number of my memb...

My Lords, my research prior to this speech took me a long time back. Unlike those in the other pl...

My Lords, I began my interest in trade unions as a student of engineering when I was at Cambridge...

My Lords, I have been a public servant for most of my working life and an active member of a publ...

Therefore, my comments on this methodology and the proposed change of removing the House of Lords...

I thank the noble Lord for that additional piece of wisdom.

In this Bill we will not know p...

My Lords, this Bill has been generally characterised today as an anti-trade union Bill. It is, an...

My Lords, it is heartening that so many noble Lords have taken part in this debate. I hope that, ...

My Lords, notwithstanding all that has been said, this legislation is not intended to be hostile ...

Does the noble Lord accept that the Certification Officer has the power to check that the unions ...

I am not aware of whether that power exists at present. It is certainly intended so far as the Bi...

My Lords, my consternation over the Bill centres on two crucial elements. The first is that a Bil...

My Lords, I hope I will not go too far down memory lane, but I would like to make a point of cont...

I point out to the noble Lord that the general secretary of the TUC, Frances O’Grady, has been wi...

I do not think that the Bill has helped to facilitate it; that is all I can say.

The issue ...

My Lords, we are getting to the stage in this debate when everything that could be said has been ...

My Lords, as I think has been said by almost every speaker from this side, this is a mean, vindic...

My Lords, I have listened with great interest to the many heartfelt contributions, and indeed his...

My Lords, I start by complimenting four of the speeches that we heard this afternoon and evening....

My Lords, I will concentrate my remarks on the effect of this Bill on women. Although we have tou...

My Lords, when I was 17 and a rather inept bricklayer, I talked to the UCATT steward about joinin...

My Lords, the public can be forgiven for thinking that this Bill is only about strike action. Tha...

Companies are obliged by statute to vote on whether or not to make political donations, as a resu...

To the best of my knowledge—do not hold me to the exact detail—all that companies have to do is h...

My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Primarolo, and the noble Lords, Lord...

My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friends Lord Livermore, Lady Primarolo and Lord Watt...

My Lords, this has been a wide-ranging debate. I was confident that your Lordships would take a k...

The Minister refers to the Conservative Party manifesto. Does she also recall it said that a Cons...

My Lords, I will just finish this point and then come back to that, if I may.

Union members...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

My Lords, I beg to move.

Amendment to the Motion

Tabled by

Lord Tyler

As an amendment to the above Motion, leave out “Committee of the...

My Lords, in view of the lateness of the hour, not moved.