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New schedule 2 remedies that flaw by freezing the bargaining unit from the start of the application. Similarly, the schedule bars the use of unfair practices from the start of that process. That will address a loophole in the statutory code of practice that has been exploited to the full in Coventry. The union described a culture of fear born out of intimidatory tactics and a lack of equality of access, contrary to the principles that this House has already endorsed. The recognition ballot failed, as we have heard, by just 29 votes. I pay tribute to the GMB officers and, above all, the members who led the campaign. They came so close in the face of a concerted union-busting campaign. As one Amazon worker said, “I don’t want Jeff Bezos’s boat; I definitely don’t want his rocket—I just want to live.”