Member

This is an excellent amendment, and I hope, in the spirit of the collaboration and support across parties we have seen this afternoon, that our friends on the Liberal Democrat Benches may support this amendment as well. The closed shop is not popular with any group of voters—including Labour voters—and it is certainly not popular with Liberal Democrat voters. I hope that they can find a way to support this amendment, which is very sensible, does not undermine the Bill and stands up to scrutiny. For that reason, I am happy to support Amendments 24 and 25.