Trade Union Bill

My Lords, I will be brief. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, on his speech...

My Lords, I have great respect for the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, which is always a warning, in th...

Can the noble Lord give us the percentage of the people in the United Kingdom who voted Tory at t...

That is the great fallacy. I have heard the argument about 50%, but that is the point I am addres...

My Lords—

Perhaps I could just finish the sentence. Are they saying, “We will ignore the interests of all t...

Does the noble Lord therefore favour the 50% threshold applying only to the public sector and not...

The answer to the first question is no. The second I will need to think about, as it is far too c...

My Lords, I speak in support of my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire. I must say that I follo...

My Lords, the point I took from the speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, was less on the ...

Perhaps the doctors got a round of applause because the patients were so pleased to see that they...

It is good occasionally to get up on this side of the House and remember why I am on the Conserva...

Does the noble Lord agree that the aspiration for sensible governance of any country is for the n...

I think we are straying a little, but I am happy to talk to the noble Lord afterwards about diffe...

As a Member who has led many strikes, I have some experience of what it takes to make one success...

Can I point out to the noble Lord that people always say nice things about you when you are dead?...

That is not a matter that can be proved. Clearly, those of us who know about employer relations i...

My Lords, I shall not detain the Committee for too long, but I want to talk about Clause 3 standi...

My Lords, the fact that there is a manifesto commitment to both 50% and 40% does not release the ...

My Lords, the ability of union members to strike is an important part of our industrial relations...

The Minister used the term “monopolies”. Is that true of London bus drivers? Do they have a monop...

I think I used the phrase “effectively monopolies”. The point is that the degree of choice is ver...

There is a difference between “any” disruption and the situation the Minister talked about earlie...

I do not entirely understand the question. I think the thresholds are clear. We are proposing the...

I am happy to clarify. The Minister made the point that where a particular service is a monopoly—...

I still do not really understand the point. I shall come on to give some examples that may be hel...

Can the Minister address a bit further the issue of the perverse impacts of an abstention being s...

The noble Lord has answered his own question. Our reforms ensure that strike action does not take...

Does the Minister seriously think that it would be a sensible situation for the Government to get...

My Lords, it is always possible to talk about individual examples. In a minute, I will explain so...

My Lords, this has been a very disappointing debate. First, I am struck that all references to st...

I—

I will listen to the noble Lord in a minute. My message is simply this. This is intended to make ...

I did not realise that these were alternatives. When the noble Lord asks what we should do about ...

My Lords, I have not seen the poll so I shall go and discover what the situation is. We have give...

The noble Lord is a very good example of a sinner who repents. I have happy memories of him stand...

My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Collins of Highbury

3: Clause 3, page 2, line 5, after “engaged” insert...

My Lords, this debate is on what certain “important public services” mean in terms of not just th...

My Lords, it is a very serious issue when you diminish somebody’s right to withdraw their labour....

My Lords, I will ask the Minister a question. I believe we are going to have tremendous difficult...

My Lords, as I have already explained, strike action in services that people rely on every day ca...

Yet the argument is made that ticket offices are not needed any more; they are closing them and T...

I think we all feel that the plight and the needs of the disabled and elderly are important, but ...

The Minister said that the reason the rules were not being applied to private schools was because...

I think the arrangements on nuclear decommissioning are still under consideration. I can certainl...

But surely all the private schools—or as you call them in England, public schools—are even more i...

I am very sorry to disappoint the noble Lord but there is no evidence of strike action in those i...

I am sorry to intervene again but the Minister is simply wrong in this matter. As she mentioned, ...

I am afraid that we will have to disagree on that point.

The noble Lord, Lord Oates, ought to have listened more carefully to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick...

My noble friend has kindly made the point that I was about to make about the noble Lord, Lord Pan...

I thank the Minister for her response. For the avoidance of doubt, I reassure the noble Lord, Lor...

Moved by

Lord Mendelsohn

6: Clause 3, page 2, line 6, leave out from “services” to en...

Moved by

Baroness Morgan of Ely

16: Clause 3, page 2, line 21, at end insert—

“...

I thank noble Lords for that lovely welcome. The amendments in this group explore the impacts of ...

My Lords, I rise to speak to all the amendments in this group, both those in my name and those in...

My Lords, I refer to the register of interests. The amendments tabled by my noble friend Lady Mor...

My Lords—

My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment.

I have put my name to four amendments.

We have not had a speaker from this side yet.

My Lords, shall we hear from my noble friend Lord Balfe?

I shall be brief. I begin where the noble Lord, Lord Hain, ended, which is with the leaked letter...

My Lords—

My Lords, I think that it is the turn of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, whose name is added to the ...

What about Scotland?

What about Scotland, indeed? I will not trouble the Committee by going down that avenue. First, I...

My Lords, we have heard four powerful and eloquent pleas from Wales. I hope it is now possible ju...

My Lords, I have some class acts to follow from this side of the Committee on the case that has b...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for the debate and note the passion that has been expressed. I am p...

Before the Minister closes the debate, she has not dealt with my suggestion, which comes from the...

My Lords, in the tradition of this House, I do not want to close the debate without saying that w...

I thank the Minister and noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I am sure the Minister ...

Tabled by

Lord Balfe

22: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause—

“Ball...

I am a bit lost, as I thought that we had gone past that section. Anyway, the amendment is not mo...