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This briefing covers the rules governing trade unions, the rights of union members, collective bargaining, strikes and other industrial action

Type
Commons Briefing papers
Date
20 July 2026
Reference
CBP-9785

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 on (a) the instances and duration of industrial action in local authorities and (b) disorder on municipal picket lines.

Asked by
James Cleverly (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 January 2026
Reference
103286
House
House of Commons
Laid by
Kate Dearden
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Unprinted papers
Date
7 January 2026
House
House of Commons; House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department,with reference to her statement of 13 October 2025 on Manchester Terrorism Attack, Official Report, col 27, whether trade union picket lines outside workplaces would be considered within the scope of the cumulative impact, in the context of her proposed amendments...

Asked by
Andy McDonald (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 2025
Reference
86632
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 July 2025, on Events at Orgreave, HCWS855, by what mechanism the panel of independent experts will be (a) selected and (b) appointed; whether they will be paid; and what steps she is taking...

Asked by
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 September 2025
Reference
76002
House
House of Commons

Lords report stage fourth day. Amendment 147 agreed to on division (290 to 143). Amendment 148 agreed to on division (271 to 138). Amendment 149A disagreed to on division, there being an equality of votes, in accordance with Standing Order 55, which provides that no proposal to amend a Bill...

Lead member
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch; Lord Leong
Answering member
Lord Hunt of Wirral; Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Debates on bills
Notes
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland legislative consent granted.
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc256-300
House
House of Lords

Moved by

Lord Burns

147: Leave out Clause 59

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment would retain the 2016 cross-party compromise (agreed by the House without a division) whereby new members of a union contribute to the political fund only if they have actively chosen to do so. That compromise was based on the conclusions...

Member
Lord Burns (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc256-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, my amendment proposes removing Clause 59 from the Bill. This would maintain the current arrangements whereby members joining the union since the passage of the Trade Union Act 2016 contribute to its political fund only if they give their active consent to do so. These existing arrangements stem...

Member
Lord Burns (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc257-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Burns. Several noble Lords, including me, spoke at some length in Committee, so I will not repeat the powerful arguments in favour of maintaining the outcome agreed in 2016 that new members should be explicitly asked...

Member
Baroness Finn (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc259-260
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I would like to correct, in a sense, the impression given by the noble Lord, Lord Burns, of the activity of his Select Committee at the time. I was a member of that Select Committee, along with my noble friend Lady Drake, representing the interests of the Labour...

Member
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 c260
House
House of Lords

My Lords, this is an issue with a long history. In 1909 the Osborne judgment ruled that trade unions could not legally use their general funds for political purposes. Subsequently, the Trade Union Act 1913 was passed by the Liberal Government led by HH Asquith to allow trade unions to...

Member
Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc261-2
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I oppose Amendment 147. The compromise formula that my noble friend Lord Barber has just talked about was a very practical solution to a tricky problem in the period when the noble Lord, Lord Burns, and his committee did such good work. However, I take issue with his...

Member
Lord Monks (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc262-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it will probably not surprise noble Lords that I support the amendment. This situation has cursed the whole of the trade union movement’s relations with the Labour Party for far too long. As some of you will remember, I am the president of BALPA, the pilots’ union, a...

Member
Lord Balfe (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc263-4
House
House of Lords

The speeches that have been made in this debate about an important issue are clear, and I strongly support those made on this side of the House. Because of the exigencies of where the issue arises in our consideration of the Bill, I have tabled manuscript Amendment 147A. Noble Lords...

Member
Lord Davies of Brixton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc264-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I feel in something of a time warp, because I opposed Clause 62 in Committee and tried to get it dropped, but I want to go back to the discussion we were having on Amendment 147. I support this amendment, because I genuinely think there are very good...

Member
Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 cc265-6
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I support Amendment 147, which is in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Burns. Conscious of time passing this afternoon and the fact that we have a lot to get through, I will make two points.

We debated this at some length in Committee, but it is clear...

Member
Baroness Cash (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 c266
House
House of Lords

My Lords, the House will not want a legal argument between me and the noble Baroness.

Member
Lord Hendy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 c267
House
House of Lords

Not again!

Member
Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 c267
House
House of Lords

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...

Member
Lord Hendy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 c267
House
House of Lords

The noble Lord is right that that is what the case was about. However, one of the factors in the judgment was the absence of a refund mechanism. I recall a rather fun debate between the noble Lord and me in Committee, which I hope we will not exhaust everyone...

Member
Baroness Cash (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 July 2025
Reference
848 c267
House
House of Lords