Lord Prentis of Leeds (Lab)

My Lords, I speak in favour of the Employment Rights Bill unamended and declare an interest as I was general secretary of the UK’s largest union, UNISON, for over 20 years. It has over 1.3 million mem

My Lords, many of my noble friends have spoken about the possible collapse of the social care system. The toxic combination of chronic underfunding and the dysfunctional market system means that thous

I thank the noble Baroness for that comment. The whole intention appears to be to limit the scope of any collective bargaining. It is as clear as day. Different forms of words can be come up with conc

I rise to speak in favour of the proposed school support staff negotiating body, as set out in the Bill. Noble Lords may remember that such a body was established in 2010. All the things that have bee

My Lords, I declare that I was a member of one of the expert groups that fed into the Infected Blood Inquiry, which looked into one of the darkest periods in the history of healthcare in our country.

My Lords, like others, I congratulate all those making their maiden speeches today; they were absolutely brilliant. I too speak in favour of this Bill. How often have we heard myths extolling the virt