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Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 June 2025

Debate

Employment Rights Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I oppose Amendment 254 and the other amendments in this group. I also admit to a certain degree of pleasure that they have been tabled, because they draw attention to the fact that such was the rejection, not just of unions or the minimum service levels Act but of the public and employers, that not a single employer used the minimum service levels Act and not a single work notice was issued. That was because the Act was so widely regarded as unfair and unworkable and, in addition, that it would put fuel on the fire of difficult industrial disputes when all decent people wanted to resolve those disputes. Finally, it ignored the fact that life-and-limb voluntary agreements are in place in the industries and sectors where safety is genuinely at stake. I thank the Benches opposite for putting forward the amendments.

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