Employment Rights Bill
Debate between Lord Hunt of Wirral and Lord Hendy
Report stage
Wednesday 23rd July 2025
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Wednesday 23rd July 2025
(1 week, 3 days ago)
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Lord Hendy (Lab)
My Lords, the House will not want a legal argument between me and the noble Baroness.
Lord Hendy (Lab)
Yes, not again—we rehearsed that in Committee. However, those cases do not support the proposition that the noble Baroness advanced. The case of Young, James and Webster v the United Kingdom concerned three railway workers, who were compelled to join a trade union against their wishes—a closed shop—and the European Court of Human Rights held that they should not be compelled to do so at the risk of losing their jobs. It had nothing to do with making political payments or being associated with a political party.