Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 15 December 2015
15 Dec 2015 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Topical Question Time
Trade Union Bill (Presiding Officer’s Ruling)
This Parliament overwhelmingly spoke out against the Trade Union Bill, and Labour members welcomed the Government’s first attempt to lodge an LCM against what is a draconian piece of anti-trade union legislation. As a consequence of the bill and last week’s ruling on the LCM, a private employer could choose to retain practices such as check-off when ministers of the Scottish Government will not be able to do so.
Does the minister think that ministerial executive competence is compromised by the proposed legislation? On what grounds has the Government come to its view? What action will it take?
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