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Compensation Bill [Lords]

I welcomed the second half of the sentence. Does the Minister not accept that there is concern that trade unions are completely unregulated in the area? If she is saying that solicitors, the majority of whom behave properly, and all other professionals in the area are to be regulated, how can she possibly justify exempting trade unions, especially given the concerns about the way in which some trade unions have behaved? Is that simply because the Labour party is funded by the trade unions and many unions are solvent only because of their claims management activities?