Seafarers’ Wages Bill [HL]

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 38. Noble Lords might remember that at Second Reading the ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, has made the case well. This is from somebody who, I im...

My Lords, I do not have any amendments in this group but I think it is appropriate for me to spea...

My Lords, the amendments in this group relate to the territorial scope of the Bill and the vessel...

My Lords, I am grateful for the careful consideration of this Bill by all noble Lords. I reiterat...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who contributed to the debate and to the noble Barones...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, at end insert—...

My Lords, the amendments in this group all broadly relate to the question of the ships, or the se...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 7 and 9 in my name, which cover the same ground that the nob...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 8, which is simply an elaboration of the points that my noble...

My Lords, I want to clarify what the debate has thrown up so far. I fear that the Government are ...

My Lords, I apologise; I have only just arrived, because I was detained elsewhere. I want to pick...

My Lords, this is a useful set of amendments to clarify some of the points. I hope that the Minis...

My Lords, I am again grateful to noble Lords for sharing their thoughts on this group of amendmen...

P&O?

Well, because of that we will come on to why it is so important that the Bill refers to services ...

I just want to comment on the Minister’s last statement, which was very helpful. I think she need...

Of course, the noble Lord has much more experience aboard such vessels than me, and I will take h...

Do I understand, then, that the Government are unable or unwilling to define “close ties”?

The Government are very willing to define what these services are and, by implication, those have...

Will the Minister be answering on Amendment 36?

I absolutely shall cover Amendment 36. My apologies, I slightly went off-beam so I thought I had ...

I am grateful to noble Lords for their comments and to the Minister for hers. This set of amendme...

Moved by

Lord Hendy

3: Clause 2, page 1, line 18, after “of” insert “section 40 of”