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Furthermore, international conventions, including ILO Convention 87, to which the noble Lord referred, Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights do not require and have not yet ever required an absolute right to strike to be codified in domestic legislation. We agree that multiple international conventions protect the right to strike, but they also permit states to impose limitations on the right to strike and do not provide that this right is absolute and unqualified. For the avoidance of doubt, the Government are clear that the UK is in compliance with our international law obligations. Our legislation ensures a fair and proportionate approach to industrial action and a clear, protected right to strike for UK workers within the context of a trade dispute. We therefore see no need to change the law to provide for an express right to strike.