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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 167 And you feel that this is completely different from a code?

Sara Ogilvie: When people choose to do something, and when people are required to do something and there are very strong consequences because of that requirement, I think that is a difference, yes, and it is a …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 225 My question ties in quite well. It was held by the court that the agricultural wages case concerned agriculture. There is no way that this Bill could possibly be concerned with anything other than employment and industrial relations. It was argued that the agricultural wages case concerned wages …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 234 Presumably, you do not think that industrial relations should be an English, Welsh and Scottish issue. You think they should be devolved.

Roseanna Cunningham: Yes, I do think they should be devolved. I would offer as evidence the different industrial relations picture here from what is happening south …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 235 And there was a great deal of discussion about this before the devolution settlement, was there not, and Smith came down in favour of them not being devolved?

Roseanna Cunningham: That does not change my position though. My position is that in an ideal world, they would be …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 236 But the fact is that they are not a devolved issue.

Roseanna Cunningham: The fact is that you are choosing not to listen to what I have to say about the different relationship within Scotland, in terms of industrial relations, and why, in our view, it would be …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (First sitting)

"Q 46 It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. As a former Government lawyer, compliance is always of enormous interest to me. Do you feel—this is for all of you—that the enhancements to the role of certification officer are really sufficient and that they will make …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (First sitting)

"Q 47 The CBI, I know, feels strongly about this, as you have indicated. Do you feel that anything further could be done?

John Cridland: No, I am comfortable with the provisions that I have read and consulted our members on...."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (First sitting)

"Q 74 My questions really relate to the certification officer, which you present in your evidence as a sort of big bad wolf, and you seem very concerned about the prospect of the additional powers. I put it to you that really the prospect of having a certification officer is …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (First sitting)

"Q 75 But would you agree that the purpose is to establish whether or not there has been non-compliance?

Stephen Cavalier: Well, I am not sure that it is to establish whether there has been non-compliance. Non-compliance with what? At the moment if there is an issue to do with …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (First sitting)

"Q 76 It is not unreasonable, though, to ask that the certification officer be able to have documents produced to him, is it?

Stephen Cavalier: Well, if there is a complaint made to the certification officer by an actual member about a real concern—..."

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