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Employment Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 November 2008. It occurred during Debate on bills on Employment Bill [Lords].
I had better not. I find it hard to decide whether the Conservatives just pick and choose their human rights. The hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr. Stuart) appeared to compare the BNP's racist ideology with communism. There is no comparison between the threat to individuals' welfare, in the workplace or outside, posed by the racist ideology of parties such as the BNP and any such threat from the ideology of communists, however much the hon. Gentleman may disagree with that. That is why although my sympathies, as a member of the British Medical Association, which is as close as I can get to being a member of a trade union in my profession, are entirely with the trade union movement in terms of its perspective, my sympathies and support are also with the Government on the wording of their clause.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
482 c210-1 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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