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Trade Union Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Monday, 8 February 2016, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Neville-Rolfe.
Lords committee stage first day. Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to. Part 1 of 2.

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Reference

768 cc2001-2030 

Session

2015-16

Department

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Lord Kerslake | 768 cc2001-2 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

1: Clause 2, page 1, line 14, at end insert—

“(3) Subsec...

Lord Kerslake | 768 cc2002-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 1 and indicate my support for the other amendments in this gro...


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Lord Monks | 768 cc2003-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to support the amendment which has just been so ably moved by the noble Lo...

Lord Oates | 768 cc2005-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Kerslak...

Lord Pannick | 768 cc2007-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, your Lordships will have seen the report published last Friday by the Joint Committee o...

Lord Balfe | 768 cc2008-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as president of the British Dietetic Association, a TUC-affiliat...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 768 cc2009-2010 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall give two reasons as to why the Central Arbitration Committee is uniquely qualif...

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood | 768 c2010 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, support this group of amendments; indeed, the arguments in favour seem compelli...

Lord Morris of Handsworth | 768 cc2010-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake. I ask myself: why...

Bishop of Chester | 768 c2011 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it was nearly 50 years ago that I enrolled as a member of the Transport and General Wor...

Lord Cormack | 768 cc2011-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was wholeheartedly with the right reverend Prelate until he called the General Synod ...

Lord Dykes | 768 cc2012-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I added my name enthusiastically to that of the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, on Amendment 22...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 768 cc2013-4 (Link to this contribution)

For 30 years, I was president of BALPA, and I notice that the union is very well represented in t...

Lord King of Bridgwater | 768 c2014 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to make clear right at the start that I strongly support Clauses 2 and 3 in this...

Lord King of Bridgwater | 768 cc2014-5 (Link to this contribution)

May I just finish this point and then I shall give way? We are talking also about the change in t...

Lord Morris of Handsworth | 768 c2015 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord. I have great respect for his views but the debate that we are having is n...

Lord King of Bridgwater | 768 cc2015-6 (Link to this contribution)

The point is: how do you maximise voting? It is very important that the public have confidence in...

Baroness Prosser | 768 cc2016-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to raise a couple of points that are rather different from those which we have h...

Viscount Colville of Culross | 768 cc2017-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for not being available to speak at Second Reading. I now rise in support o...

Lord Dobbs | 768 c2019 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I must apologise to the House. My head is full of cold, and if I expire half way throug...

Lord Stoneham of Droxford | 768 cc2019-2021 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendments and in particular Amendment 21.

Lord Collins of Highbury | 768 c2021 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the first question for me is: will minimum thresholds for industrial action ballots imp...

768 c2021 (Link to this contribution)

The right reverend Prelate?

Lord Collins of Highbury | 768 cc2021-4 (Link to this contribution)

No. I was thinking of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and trying to think of the correct term for t...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 768 cc2024-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, for his amendments and for bringing his wide exp...

Lord Collins of Highbury | 768 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

I am not keen to stop the flow here, but does the noble Baroness not recognise that the CAC does ...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 768 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

That is a different matter. To respond to the question that was asked, we are in fact in contact ...

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 768 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

Is the noble Baroness therefore questioning ballots such as the one in Durham, which finished las...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 768 c2026 (Link to this contribution)

If the noble Baroness will let me make a bit of progress, I am going to address the difference in...

Lord Mendelsohn | 768 c2026 (Link to this contribution)

John Cridland did make the point that he was unclear that there was sufficient assurance that the...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 768 cc2026-7 (Link to this contribution)

I think different people have different opinions on this matter; as the amendment of the noble Lo...

Bishop of Chester | 768 c2027 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am reluctant to intervene and I do not normally, but I am genuinely puzzled by the ar...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 768 cc2027-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right reverend Prelate, but I see it as different. The difference is that strikes hav...

Lord Pannick | 768 c2028 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. All noble Lords now live their lives electronically. I exemp...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 768 c2028 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the simple point is that we need to be assured that the electronic ballot will give us ...

Lord Stoneham of Droxford | 768 c2028 (Link to this contribution)

Before the noble Baroness sits down, I am sorry, but I asked three questions, none of which has b...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 768 c2028 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I did try to answer in passing the noble Lord’s questions. I think that I answered all ...

Lord Kerslake | 768 cc2028-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response, in particular her undertaking to reflec...

Lord King of Bridgwater | 768 c2029 (Link to this contribution)

Would the noble Lord not agree that anybody who has an understanding of the situation in the inte...

Lord Kerslake | 768 cc2029-2030 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord is absolutely right that cybersecurity is critical. Indeed, I was going to come on...

Lord Balfe | 768 c2030 (Link to this contribution)

Before the noble Lord sits down, we have of course discussed five different amendments. My amendm...

Lord Kerslake | 768 c2030 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Balfe, makes a very powerful point. I entirely agree that the aim here is to...

Subjects

Absent voting
Industrial disputes
Electronic voting
Internet
Security
Trade unions
Strike ballots
Central Arbitration Committee

Legislation

Trade Union Bill 2015-16

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