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27 Mar 2025, 3:23 p.m. - House of Lords "multinationals in particular at the cost of our soul as the noble Lord Barber said and we have seen a race to the bottom in employment and that " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Mar 2025, 7:20 p.m. - House of Lords "last week. -- Lord Barber. And thank you for his friendship and encouragement over many years. On " Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Feb 2025, 2:38 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords, firstly I would like to welcome my noble friend Lord Barber of Ainsdale and my noble friend lady " Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Feb 2025, 1:55 p.m. - House of Lords "will join in with that. Lord Barber " Lord Monks (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords "friend, Lord Barber, made that the requirement to have elliptical fund introduced in 1909 is a requirement " Lord Hendy (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords "remind us of the point that my noble friend, Lord Barber, made that the " Lord Hendy (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 4:50 p.m. - House of Lords "members of Unison. And the noble Lord Lord Barber who is in his place, were formidable in the " Baroness Finn (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5 p.m. - House of Lords "have a friend Lord Barber has just talked about was a very practical " Lord Monks (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:40 p.m. - House of Lords "things have not changed. Lord Barber, you rightly pointed out trade unions a force for good " Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 6:02 p.m. - House of Lords "am also grateful to my noble friend, Lord Monks, Lord Barber and Lord Whitty for reminding us that compromise at that time was not " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 6:20 p.m. - House of Lords "on very little. I enjoyed the history lesson from Lord Barber. I " Lord Burns (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Jun 2025, 5:28 p.m. - House of Lords "through organisations such as ACAS, mentioned by the number Lord Barber. This, the citizens advice bureau and " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Jun 2025, 5:29 p.m. - House of Lords "point. I would have to say to the noble Lord, Lord Barber of Ainsdale, " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Jun 2025, 5:34 p.m. - House of Lords "the fastest way to justice as set out by my Noble Friend Lord Barber. " Lord Leong (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Oct 2025, 4:25 p.m. - House of Lords "be decided by division I will alert. >> Lord Barber. >> Did I miss something? My Lords, " Division - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Nov 2025, 6:11 p.m. - House of Lords "the name of the Lord Barber, Lord Clement-Jones seeks to remove the provision enabling courts to make " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Nov 2025, 3:52 p.m. - House of Lords "due course. Now, my noble friend Lord Barber of Ainsdale and the Right Reverend, the Lord Bishop of " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Nov 2025, 3:43 p.m. - House of Lords "and my, well, my noble friend Lord Rees of Bristol, and my noble friend Lord Barber of Ainsdale, to " - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 Nov 2025, 3:25 p.m. - House of Lords " Labour, Lord Barber. " Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Dec 2025, 8:43 p.m. - House of Lords "This goes to the third point and my noble friend Lord Barber raised. We're doing this so that we can " Government Spokes. Lord Lemos (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Dec 2025, 8:36 p.m. - House of Lords "List. >> My Lords, I thank the noble Lord Barber for introducing Lord " Amendment:77 Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Dec 2025, 8:39 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Lord Woodley for tabling these amendments and my noble friend Lord Barber for introducing them in Lord Wood Lord " Government Spokes. Lord Lemos (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Dec 2025, 5:48 p.m. - House of Lords "friend Lord Barber of Ainsdale and Baroness Curran set out the record of his government that we inherited " Lord Livermore, The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 5:53 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Barber. This is in total a " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 4:11 p.m. - House of Lords "where there is compromise, as was so eloquently put in the previous debate by my noble friend Lord Barber of Ainsdale, the former " Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Dec 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords "Lords, including Baroness Lady Hayman, the noble Lord Lord Sharkey and Lord Barber, Baroness Sater, Baroness Bowles and Pen, my noble " Baroness Sherlock (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Jan 2026, 4:47 p.m. - House of Lords "to be decided in October. Then it was moved to Lord Barber, then December, and we're now told that " Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Monday 26th January 2026 2:30 p.m. Introduction(s) - Main Chamber Subject: Baroness Paul of Shepherd's Bush; Lord Barber of Chittlehampton View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 23rd January 2025 11 a.m. Introduction(s) - Main Chamber Subject: Lord Barber of Ainsdale and Lord Rook OBE View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Employment Rights Bill
17 speeches (4,522 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) only where there is compromise, as was so eloquently put in the previous debate by my noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
50 speeches (10,612 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) the discussion there has been, on this occasion and on the previous one, which my noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) that.To address the comments and interventions made by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, and my noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Autumn Budget 2025
152 speeches (54,901 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) My noble friends Lord Barber of Ainsdale and Lady Curran set out the record of the noble Lord’s Government - Link to Speech |
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Sentencing Bill
32 speeches (9,644 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Monday 1st December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Barber, for introducing the amendments in the name of the noble - Link to Speech 2: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Woodley for tabling these amendments and my noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
169 speeches (44,144 words) Report stage Wednesday 5th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I was pleased to meet my noble friends Lord Rees of Easton and Lord Barber of Ainsdale to discuss these - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) behalf of the department, I will bring forward changes in that area in due course.My noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
167 speeches (48,736 words) Committee stage Monday 8th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) noble friend Lord Rees made a very powerful case, and I was pleased to meet him, the noble Lord, Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
21 speeches (5,000 words) 3rd reading Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) I look across and I see my friend Brendan, the noble Lord, Lord Barber, who did enormously good work - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
78 speeches (16,102 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 23rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) He and the noble Lord, Lord Barber, who is in his place, were formidable in their defence of their members - Link to Speech 2: None The noble Lord, Lord Barber of Ainsdale, asked us to consider the political context of the Burns agreement - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) It reminds me of the point my noble friend Lord Barber made about the fact that the requirement to have - Link to Speech 4: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) So some things have not changed.The noble Lord, Lord Barber, rightly pointed out that trade unions are - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) I am also grateful to my noble friends Lord Monks, Lord Barber and Lord Whitty for reminding us that - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
110 speeches (27,703 words) Report stage part one Monday 14th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise (Con - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Barber, said at Second Reading, eliminating bad employment practices serves the - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
178 speeches (52,132 words) Committee stage Thursday 5th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 322 in my name and those of my noble friends Lord Barber and Lord - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) I thank my noble friends Lord Hendy and Lord Barber of Ainsdale for Amendments 203, 257, 260 and 322. - Link to Speech 3: None Amendment 322 in the name of my noble friend Lord Barber calls on the Government to set out a timetable - Link to Speech 4: None As my noble friend Lord Barber made clear, this has to be a learning process for all involved. - Link to Speech 5: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, in particular my noble friends Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
74 speeches (24,534 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Ashcombe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, it seems that, yet again, the noble Lord, Lord Barber, and I are not going to quite agree. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) valuable support already available through organisations such as ACAS—mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Barber—citizens - Link to Speech 3: Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town (Lab - Life peer) mind when we shape its final form.I particularly appreciate the concerns raised by my noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
117 speeches (32,046 words) Committee stage Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Using the statistics given by the noble Lord, Lord Barber, that is an additional 750 claims per year, - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) I am also grateful to my noble friend Lord Barber for putting the scale of the problem in perspective - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
163 speeches (35,993 words) Committee stage Thursday 8th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) create employment law to underpin a healthy economy.On our first day in Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
105 speeches (30,812 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill (Lab - Life peer) the right to be guaranteed regular hours should be replaced by a right to request.My noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I was not going to speak on this group but the noble Lord, Lord Barber, has painted a horrific - Link to Speech 3: None I have to say, before I get into the meat of Amendment 8, that I wonder whether the noble Lord, Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
119 speeches (47,030 words) 2nd reading Thursday 27th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Barber, said, we have seen a race to the bottom in employment, and that has to - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) The supervisory bodies have so held consistently since 1989, as my noble friends Lord Barber and Lady - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) I thank the noble Lords, Lord Barber of Ainsdale, Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town, Lord Hendy, Lord Katz - Link to Speech |
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Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
46 speeches (25,268 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 5th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill (Lab - Life peer) Prosser and Lord Monks, and my mentor, my noble friend Lady Drake.I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech 2: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) general secretary, she served with distinction under the general secretaryships of my noble friend Lord Barber - Link to Speech |
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Post Office Horizon Compensation Scheme
33 speeches (20,109 words) Thursday 27th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Beamish (Lab - Life peer) looking forward to the maiden speeches of the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott, and the noble Lord, Lord Barber - Link to Speech 2: Lord Monks (Lab - Life peer) As my noble friend Lord Barber said, he comes from Ainsdale, an area with famous golf courses, where - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Barber of Ainsdale, brings his wealth of experience in the trade union movement - Link to Speech 4: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) It was also extremely interesting to hear the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Barber—from Ghana - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, first, I welcome my noble friends Lord Barber of Ainsdale and Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay - Link to Speech |
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Introduction: Lord Barber of Ainsdale
1 speech (1 words) Thursday 23rd January 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Sep. 04 2025
HL Bill 101-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 46 LORD REES OF EASTON LORD ALTON OF LIVERPOOL LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE THE LORD BISHOP |
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Sep. 01 2025
HL Bill 101-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 46 LORD REES OF EASTON LORD ALTON OF LIVERPOOL LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE THE LORD BISHOP |
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Jun. 20 2025
HL Bill 81-XI Eleventh marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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Jun. 17 2025
HL Bill 81-X Tenth marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: Employment Rights Bill 44 LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322 |
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Jun. 12 2025
HL Bill 81-IX Ninth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: City firms who pay for homeward transport for workers late at night. 63 Employment Rights Bill LORD BARBER |
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Jun. 12 2025
HL Bill 81-IX Corrected Ninth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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Jun. 06 2025
HL Bill 81-VIII Eighth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: City firms who pay for homeward transport for workers late at night. 83 Employment Rights Bill LORD BARBER |
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Jun. 04 2025
HL Bill 81-VII Seventh Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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May. 30 2025
HL Bill 81-VI Sixth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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May. 20 2025
HL Bill 81-V Fifth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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May. 16 2025
HL Bill 81-IV(Corrected) Fourth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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May. 15 2025
HL Bill 81-IV Fourth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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May. 09 2025
HL Bill 81-III Third Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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May. 06 2025
HL Bill 81-II Second Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY LORD MONKS 322_ After Clause 150, insert |
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Apr. 25 2025
HL Bill 81-I Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BARBER OF AINSDALE BARONESS O'GRADY OF UPPER HOLLOWAY 322★_ After Clause 150, insert the following |