Trade Union Bill

I am aware of all those sayings, and I see some of the difficulties that noble Lords opposite men...

I take the point that £2,000 is a low threshold, and willingly take on board the discussion over ...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate but, having heard the contributions, I felt ...

My Lords, I start by making a general point. Over the last few years, we have seen a step change ...

My Lords, I appreciate the Minister’s sincerity, but I find it a little galling when I read the n...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

74A: Clause 12, page 8, line 13, after “authority” in...

My Lords, I have listened to and reflected carefully on concerns voiced in the other place about ...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

76: Clause 12, page 8, line 18, leave out “,...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 76, which also stands in the names of my noble friends Lord Mendels...

My Lords, I support the amendment so expertly moved by my noble friend Lady Hayter, and I refer t...

My Lords, I may embarrass the noble Lord, Lord Hain, by saying that I agree with every single wor...

My Lords, I hesitate to question the assumptions being made by the noble Lord, Lord King, because...

If the right reverend Prelate will allow me, we are actually on Clause 12, which is about transpa...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the noble Lord, Lord King, and I accept entirely that he i...

My Lords, I support the Government’s position and these clauses. I strongly associate myself with...

Has the noble Lord read the impact assessment on facility time? It has done a calculation. We do ...

I have seen the impact assessment, but I do not think that it is particularly specific about how ...

My Lords, how would the noble Lord characterise the cost of health and safety reps and the work t...

Of course expenditure on health and safety activities is justified and I would support it, but eq...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee that I did not have the opportunity to speak on Second Rea...

I thank the noble Lord for giving the most brilliant support to the point I wanted to make. He is...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for that support. I was about to conclude by saying that I rather...

Before I make any comments in relation to the speeches that have gone before, I echo the noble Lo...

My Lords, there is one difference missing here. We are, essentially, talking about good employee ...

My Lords, first, I apologise for not being present at Second Reading. I know it is customary not ...

It is not necessary to have been at Second Reading to participate in Committee. No noble Lord sho...

I joined the Royal College of Nursing in 1957 and I am still an active member and fellow of the c...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 87 in particular, but before I do so I shall address a few r...

My Lords, part of the problem here is that the Government have a bit of history to live down on t...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, for putting some balance into the debate. I...

My Lords, I share experience of the print industry with the noble Lord, Lord King, although mine ...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. I believe that our proposals can save money, s...

Perhaps the Minister can help me to understand her argument. Let us say that in a local authority...

I do not think we are requiring anything here; we are introducing a level of transparency, and ho...

Perhaps the noble Baroness will recall that Bristol has an independent mayor, who controls the co...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for correcting me. The point I was making is that it is interesti...

For the sake of accuracy, following the comment of the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, the independent ...

In London, local government displays significant variances. Lambeth Council spends 0.33% of its p...

My Lords, as the Minister said, this has been an interesting debate, but I have to ask one questi...

The whole point about transparency is to encourage efficiency of use. I explained by reference to...

I am sorry to intervene in this debate, but I wonder whether I could make an additional point. Ma...

And the intention is clearly to moderate—it is not just about transparency. In fact, I thought th...

We believe that by setting it out in a clear way and doing the numbers on a consistent basis we w...

As I hear from behind me, who says they are improvements? The point is that for local government,...

Would not my noble friend agree that the answer to her question is really that this clause paves ...

Yes, it was a point that I made in my original case—that is why we do not think, as the noble Lor...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

78A: Clause 12, page 8, leave out lines 36 to 39 and ...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

79: Clause 12, page 8, leave out lines 42 an...

My Lords, rather than looking at the types of organisations that are covered, this amendment look...

I shall speak to Amendments 87A, 89A and 89B, which are in my name and that of my noble friend La...

My Lords, I address the House as a former Minister for Health and Safety. I agree with almost all...

Does the noble Lord accept that there are plenty of ways to promote good health and safety practi...

There are plenty of good ways, but I have to say to the noble Lord, having said that I agree with...

My Lords, these amendments aim to remove from this clause elements of facility time that are used...

My Lords, I should be clear that I do not support the Government’s intention—I still think it is ...

My Lords, I want to underline one point: British health and safety standards are the bedrock of E...

My Lords, these amendments all seek to limit the information published under our transparency reg...

If there is no proposal to change the rule, why not take union reps out of Clause 13, even if the...

The answer, which I suppose relates mainly to Clause 12, is that we want to ensure that the time ...

Where one found a public service in which the amount of time spent on health and safety was manif...

My noble friend makes a very fair point. Transparency will show where money is being spent, and s...

Are the Government planning to have a provision that not only sets a cap but sets a floor?

That is not the current proposal.

Amendment 87 would require employers to publish an estima...

I thank the Minister and am grateful for the contributions to this debate. The problem is that wh...