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Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Touhig (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 11 October 2017. It occurred during Debate on bills on Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [HL].

My Lords, this has been a very brief but successful debate all round, I think. I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, for having shared his views with me on a number of occasions. I understand his concerns. I have been in this House just seven years, but one of the striking contrasts I have found with the other place is our total and utter commitment to scrutinise and hold government to account, whether it is on large issues about platforms or issues that the noble Earl may consider to be of a much lesser degree of importance. We will want to continue that. I am grateful for the support, and I am very grateful to the Minister for accepting the amendment.

I pay particular tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, who chaired the committee that brought forward the recommendation to which the Government have certainly listened. She has done a tremendous job, and we all wish her well and hope that she is back soon.

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Reference

785 c238 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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