Trade Union Bill

Moved by

Lord Collins of Highbury

2: Clause 12, leave out subsection (2E)

My Lords, I, too, appreciate that the Government have moved substantially on this issue. Of cours...

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It was sunny, actually. In addressing the conference, I responded to concerns about this aspect o...

My Lords, I support Amendment 1. The Select Committee, which I chaired, agreed that union members...

My Lords, these Benches would also welcome the simplification that this amendment recognises. We ...

My Lords, although I welcome the Government’s movement on this, the original draft of the clause ...

I welcome Amendment 1. The Select Committee actually said there is a “lack of transparency” over ...

My Lords, I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, forgot to declare in his contribution that he was...

My Lords, Amendment 2 to government Amendment 1 seeks to reduce the level of transparency on all ...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, would she consider answering my noble friend Lord Whitty’s q...

I think the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, was seeking to make a parallel with the area of political do...

I appreciate the noble Baroness’s remarks, and I am going to repeat them, because I think the pur...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

3: Clause 12, page 8, leave out lines 18 to 20 and in...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

5: Clause 13, page 8, line 40, after “regulations” i...

My Lords, I start by thanking those who have helped us reach a modicum of consensus—I should prob...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the amendments, each of which we are pleased to su...

My Lords, I want briefly to contribute on this set of amendments to welcome, on behalf of my coll...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for those very...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

6: Clause 13, page 9, line 42, leave out “partly” an...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

8: Clause 14, page 10, leave out lines 16 and 17 and...

My Lords, following our positive discussions in your Lordships’ House on Report, I am amending Cl...

My Lords, I very much welcome this clause. It represents common sense and shows that the Minister...

My Lords, after the starring role that the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, has played in these debates on...

And to Blackpool.

I speak as someone whose job description included at least 26 visits a year to Blackpool for unio...

My Lords, I will briefly pay tribute to the Minister and also to my noble friend Lord Balfe, beca...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the Government on bringing forward this amendment. However, will t...

My Lords, I add my voice to those congratulating both Ministers on the way in which they have han...

I think that noble Lords will find that trade unions do invite people from all political parties ...

My Lords, I start by echoing the thanks to my noble friend Lord Balfe for his contribution to the...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

9: Clause 14, page 10, line 23, leave out “partly” a...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

11: Before Clause 15, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, the Certification Officer has always been independent of government and I am happy to s...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

12: Schedule 4, page 29, line 24, leave out paragraph...

My Lords, Amendments 12, 13 and 14 are minor and technical amendments to Schedule 4. I promise no...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

13: Schedule 4, page 31, line 9, at end insert—