Member

We on these Benches do not support that approach. We believe that empowering the state to insert itself so directly into workplace disputes, under the banner of protecting workers from employers, risks serious overreach and unintended consequences. What is therefore truly galling is the Government’s refusal to apply that same logic to trade unions. Even if even if one accepts the reasoning of Ministers in Part 5, even if one believes that existing power imbalances justify proactive state intervention, how can they seriously argue that similar protections are not needed when it comes to the internal conduct of unions themselves, particularly in the instances quoted by my noble friend?