On 23rd July 2025, the House of Lords debated the Employment Rights Bill. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which Bishops took part:
Division 1:
The Bishop of Hereford took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Lord Burns to leave out clause 59 of the bill in order to “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 of the Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee.”
The amendment was agreed. Content: 290 / Not Content: 143
The Bishop of Hereford voted Content.
Division 2:
The Bishop of Hereford took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Lord Sharpe of Epsom which “would reinstate the 50% threshold requirement for industrial action to be voted on by a trade union and seeks to probe whether the Government perceives a risk to the democratic integrity of trade union ballots for industrial action as a result of the provisions to remove the 50% requirement.”
The amendment was agreed. Content: 271 / Not Content: 138
The Bishop of Hereford voted Content.
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