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Employment Bill [Lords]

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and he is making a persuasive argument, but I put it to him that for many—including me, I suppose—the impact of communism was just as evil and damaging as that of fascism. I ask him to beware of the way in which this power might be used. It might be perfectly possible for a union in right-of-centre hands to proscribe membership of the Communist party, or any other party that is considered extreme at the time. I also put it to the hon. Gentleman that, unlike a church or a club, trade unionism is directly linked to someone's employment and means of making a living. It is in a different category, and I ask him to reconsider.