Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 Lord Davies of Gower moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 7 November 2023 be approved. Then Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle moved, as an amendment to the original motion, to leave out all the words to leave out all the words after "that" and to insert "this House declines to approve the draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 because they expose trade unions to liability of up to £1 million, make trade unions act as enforcement agents on behalf of employers and the Government, are likely to prohibit more than 40 per cent of rail industry workers from taking part in strike action, and fail to ensure that rail services will be safe on strike days.” After debate, the amendment was withdrawn. Then Lord Liddle moved, as an amendment to the original motion, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations contain policy detail that was not included in primary legislation, contrary to the recommendation of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee; that their retrospective element will create uncertainty; that the impact assessment is not sufficiently robust; that it is unclear whether contractual relationships will impact the issue of work notices; and that they may prevent workers from being able to take industrial action.” The amendment was disagreed to (see division 4). Then the original motion was agreed to.

Wednesday 6 December 2023 between 19:04 and 19:48

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