Employment Bill [Lords]

May I underline just how modest my hon. Friend's proposal is? The balloting procedures exist so that, if a union goes through them properly, it will not have damages awarded against it for the tort of inducing a breach of contract. A more radical proposal—which I suspect my hon. Friend might, at some point, consider—would be to abolish the tort of inducing a breach of contract. If we did that, we would not need this panoply of balloting procedures.