Trade Union Bill (Discussions) Debate
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David Winnick
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Trade Union Bill (Discussions)
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Nick Boles
My hon. Friend’s father did not just make it to other place, but made it into the Cabinet and was a very significant performer in the area of employment law and industrial relations, so we have much to learn from his work. My hon. Friend is right. I hope it is not breaking a confidence to say that I have had conversations with other Members of the House who were deeply concerned about this specific provision. I should not mention their names, but they include very significant—in fact, leading—supporters of the campaign to leave the European Union.
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab)
Has there ever been any psychological explanation of why so many Tory MPs have such a loathing of trade unions?
Nick Boles
I do not recognise such loathing, and I certainly do not feel it myself.