Trade Union Bill

My Lords, I point out that if Amendment 81 were to be agreed, I could not call Amendments 82 to 8...

I, too, think that we need a slightly better definition of what is a body that is not a public au...

I speak as a member of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. This is precisely th...

My Lords, it is getting late in the evening and I do not know whether we will get anywhere near t...

The noble Lord mentioned a letter, and I understand that a letter has been placed in the Library....

I suspect that I got one because I have an amendment down in the group on check-off—I do not know...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 82B, in my name. I am following the general trend of...

I thank noble Lords for these amendments, which allow me to try to clarify on which public sector...

I would like to raise a question that is relevant to this debate. In doing so, I declare my inter...

I thank the noble Lord for his comments. As part of my checking up on this, I will look at that p...

They could still be covered. New Clause 172A(9) talked about something that is not a public body ...

It is late and I do not want to dispute the noble Baroness’s very clear logic. As I have already ...

I thank the Minister and I hope that I heard correctly that she will review this, particularly ne...

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

87B: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—

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I will say a few very brief words; I apologise for detaining the House. I tabled this amendment b...

My Lords, this is a helpful and useful amendment. It would be even more helpful had the noble Lor...

This amendment, which I received late last night from the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, seeks to req...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. This is an interesting point and it is important to...

The noble Lord makes a fair point. As I have said, we would consider all relevant factors before ...

I apologise for the lateness in tabling this amendment and therefore for the short amount of time...

I would just add that a lot of the provisions in the Bill reflect clear manifesto commitments. We...

I thank the Minister and beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

88: Clause 13, page 9, line 37, at end inser...

My Lords, this amendment, tabled in my name and that of my noble friends Lord Mendelsohn and Lord...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 90A in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Harris, and t...

My Lords, I shall speak in support of Amendment 90A. If Clause 12 was about transparency, for whi...

My Lords, we have already spent some time during the course of today’s Committee looking at the v...

May I add to the general misery of the Minister? This clause really is far too sweeping. Whatever...

My Lords, I fully agree with every word that the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, said. On reading Clause ...

My Lords, given the lateness of the hour, I will not say all the things I was going to. Most of t...

My Lords, as I said in the debate on Clause 12, I have my concerns about Clause 13. I am grateful...

Can I take it that the noble Lord is in favour of the House retaining its right to vote on affirm...

Yes, that is exactly what Clause 13(13) says.

If we are going to give powers to a Minister for every inconceivable or almost inconceivable circ...

I am so sorry, could the noble Lord repeat that comment?

The noble Lord’s suggestion is that we should keep this clause in because it is very unlikely tha...

I am afraid that I have to keep my back to the noble Lord; I am not allowed to turn around and ad...

My Lords, I know this has been an emotional debate but I believe strongly that the power of sunli...

I am just troubled by this notion of reasonable time. I have one particular question, although th...

I will certainly look at the sentencing guidelines. However, we looked at health and safety under...

Pursuant to that point, can the Minister tell us, specifically with regard to local authorities, ...

I agree with the noble Lord that the changes we propose promote transparency and that the power o...

I thought that within the NHS there were all these bodies, such as Monitor, precisely to make sur...

I know what the noble Lord has said. I think that I have probably said as much as I can on this i...

Let us just get one thing straight: this is not a taxpayer subsidy. The taxpayer pays for holiday...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

89C: Clause 13, page 10, leave out lines 27 to 32 and...