Employment Bill [Lords]

Two hon. Members have justified clause 19, as the Minister will do. The GMB, of which I am a long-standing member, has sent us a note on various items. Its general secretary, who presumably knows what he is talking about, states:"““Clause 19… is totally inadequate.””" He goes on to say that it will provide BNP members with"““more protection than any other trade unionist and unions would be financially liable for any loss of earnings a BNP member might incur””." That is why new clause 6, although I understand all its difficulties, is a better route to take to exclude the sort of people that unions want to exclude than clause 19.