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Commons Chamber
Seasonal Work - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Droitwich and Evesham) the price for this Government’s inability to tackle the ballooning welfare bill, and to control the unions - Speech Link
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) That increase is capped—I give the Government credit for that—but for the vast majority of businesses - Speech Link
3: Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) was that it was right to maintain the machinery of the Low Pay Commission—a tripartite body where unions - Speech Link
4: Alison Griffiths (Con - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) lost in that time.The Government tell us that the Employment Rights Bill, the darling of the trade unions - Speech Link
5: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) We will work with businesses, trade unions and all other stakeholders to get the legislation right—I - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) House last week where I outlined how the Government had convened tripartite discussions with trade unions - Speech Link
2: Lord Vaux of Harrowden (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Currently, this has been consulted on by six organisations and I do not know how many unions. - Speech Link
3: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It does the Government no credit to seek to deny employees this opt-in choice. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) This will help to ensure that unions action the opt-out notices promptly. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Railways Bill
2nd reading - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) Does she have no standards—or perhaps she would rather let performance slip and then claim credit for - Speech Link
2: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) Working arrangements with unions will be managed by individual local train operators, and the guiding - Speech Link
3: Navendu Mishra (Lab - Stockport) entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and in particular the donations from trade unions - Speech Link
4: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) I ask Ministers to continue the constructive dialogue with trade unions, in order to ensure that the - Speech Link
5: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) The unions hated it, and Labour therefore hated it, too. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 09 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) Will she encourage employers to work with local credit unions to help those who want to save automatically - Speech Link
2: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) led by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, we are extending Help to Save within the universal credit - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) In fact, even one of the Chancellor’s favourite unions, Unison, has said:“Freezing personal income tax - Speech Link
4: Katrina Murray (Lab - Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) I am a long-standing member of the NHS credit union, which is one of the credit unions affected by the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Digital ID - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) reiterate the lines from the Prime Minister that he was given before the debate.Just look at the social credit - Speech Link
2: Samantha Niblett (Lab - South Derbyshire) pave the way, however unintentionally, to increased Government surveillance or the type of social credit-style - Speech Link
3: Josh Simons (Lab - Makerfield) Civil society, businesses, trade unions and community groups across the UK will be our partners. - Speech Link
4: Josh Simons (Lab - Makerfield) We will never have a social credit system. We will not be tracking anyone’s life. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Autumn Budget 2025 - Thu 04 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) pass on to the DWP the message that its level needs to be uprated annually in line with universal credit - Speech Link
2: Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Lab - Life peer) Workers and their unions want to be partners in shaping lasting economic success, and the Employment - Speech Link
3: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) Eventually, with universal credit, we have managed to get rid of that ridiculous cliff edge, but I am - Speech Link
4: Baroness Morrissey (Con - Life peer) We are increasingly dependent on the kindness of strangers to keep our credit lines open: a third of - Speech Link
5: Lord True (Con - Life peer) That is the very reverse of what was intended when universal credit was introduced. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 04 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Ward (Lab - Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven) I am working with trade unions, businesses and other organisations on this matter. - Speech Link
2: Lorraine Beavers (Lab - Blackpool North and Fleetwood) that public contracts should go only to businesses that recognise and work constructively with trade unions - Speech Link
3: Chris Ward (Lab - Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven) I personally think all businesses should recognise and work with trade unions. - Speech Link
4: Anna Turley (LAB - Redcar) are extending eligibility for free school meals to all children and households receiving universal credit - Speech Link
5: Anna Turley (LAB - Redcar) By broadening the criteria to everyone on universal credit, it will be a lot easier for people to know - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pension Schemes Bill
Report stage - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab - Poole) That is why it is important that we ensure trade unions have a voice on all future pension boards and - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) more than 250,000 Pension Protection Fund and financial assistance scheme members.I pay particular credit - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) A person might be eligible for universal credit, but they do not necessarily get the follow-through to - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Advanced Ceramics Industry: North Staffordshire - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Allison Gardner (Lab - Stoke-on-Trent South) I must also give credit to our beloved tableware industry. - Speech Link
2: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) Through our engagement with trade bodies, trade unions and businesses, we are working to consider all - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Court Reform - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Wright (Con - Kenilworth and Southam) The Government deserve credit for taking seriously a serious report into a serious problem, but is it - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) I rise as the co-chair of the justice unions parliamentary group. - Speech Link