Lord Monks
The Lord Monks
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 25 July 2010
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Employment Rights Bill
22/07/2025 • 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 tri...
Employment Rights Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Hendy for directing our attention to collective bargaining, its historic importance in our national li...
Employment Rights Bill
23/06/2025 • Lords
I was just sitting here looking at the noble Lord, a member of Mrs Thatcher’s Cabinet, with another one over there, the noble Lord, Lord Deben. When t...
Employment Rights Bill
09/06/2025 • Lords
I will not be specific about it because I do not want to generally insult people, but over the years, there has been some dodgy funding of the Conserv...
I look forward to that degree of clarity in Conservative Party funding. We could all be enlightened by the explanation that I believe is about to come...
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Employment Rights Bill
20/05/2025 • Lords
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My Lords, I do not doubt that critics of this part of the Bill speak with a lot of personal experience as well as commitment to their employees and th...
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Employment Rights Bill
28/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 1 and avoid the temptation to engage in a mini-debate across the whole width. So far, I feel I have been sitting i...
Employment Rights Bill
27/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I add my congratulations to the quartet of maiden speakers. I think they have all laid down a mark and people will look forward to their fut...
Post Office Horizon Compensation Scheme
27/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a real pleasure for me to follow that excellent and inspiring speech by my noble friend and fellow Lancastrian—we are doing the northe...
Lifelong Learning
06/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a real pleasure and privilege to follow my noble friend Lady Curran and the excellent maiden speech we have just been treated to. She ...
Retail Crime: Effects
05/12/2024 • Lords
I add my congratulations to my noble and long-standing friend Lord Hannett of Everton on securing this important debate. As the noble Baroness, Lady H...
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