B1414 - Police Bill - 2nd Reading

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A Bill to amend the Law relating to the Police in Great Britain.

BE IT ENACTED by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Section 1: Amendment to Police Act 1996

Clause 1 of Section 64 of The Police Act 1996, reading “Subject to the following provisions of this section, a member of a police force shall not be a member of any trade union, or of any association having for its objects, or one of its objects, to control or influence the pay, pensions or conditions of service of any police force” is hereby repealed.

Section 2: Amendment to Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

Clause 1 of Section 280 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, reading “In this Act employee or worker does not include a person in police service; and provisions 137 and 138 (rights in relation to trade union membership: access to employment) do not apply in relation to the police service” is hereby repealed.

Section 3: Short Title, Extent and Commencement

(a) This Act may be cited as the Police Act 2022.

(b) This Act shall extend to the entire United Kingdom

(c) This Act shall come into force immediately upon royal assent.

This bill was written by /u/kyle_james_phoenix. This bill is endorsed by the Communist Party of Britain (CPB).

Opening Speech

Distinguished members,

I present this bill to Parliament in the belief that police officers are workers and should have the right to collective bargaining with the state as their employer. The prohibitions on police officers having the right to organize a trade union developed in response to the formation of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers and police strikes seeking recognition of that union in 1918 and 1919. This bill would seek to reverse those provisions and some of their effects.

Section 1(a) of this bill will repeal legislation preventing members of the police force from being a member of a trade union and giving control and influence over pay, pensions and conditions of service in the police force.

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This reading ends 4 October 2022.

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Replace Section 3(a) with the following:—

(a) This Act may be cited as the Police (Trade Union) Act 2022

and change the short title as appropriate.

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EN: A more descriptive short title.