Amendment Paper as at
Monday 26th July 1999
CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BILL
On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Employment Relations Bill
201
As an Amendment to the Lord Amendment:—
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
(a)
Line 4, leave out '21' and insert '50'.
204
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
To move the following Amendment in lieu of that Amendment—
(a)
Page 42, line 2, leave out '21 workers in the period of 13 weeks ending with the day preceding that on which the notice is given' and insert '50 workers in the specified period of 13 weeks'.
323
As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—
Mr Tom King
Mr Kevin Barron
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours
Ms Yvette Cooper
Mr Barry Jones
(a)
Line 45, leave out 'all or'.
Mr Tom King
Mr Kevin Barron
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours
Ms Yvette Cooper
Mr Barry Jones
(b)
Line 48, leave out 'all or'.
Mr Secretary Byers
(c)
Line 73, at end insert—
'(c) permitting an excluded person to make a statement to the tribunal before the commencement of the proceedings, or the part of the proceedings, from which he is excluded.'.
Mr Tom King
Mr Kevin Barron
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours
Ms Yvette Cooper
Mr Barry Jones
(d)
At end add—
'. In section 4 of the Security Service Act 1989 (the Security Service Commissioner) at the end of subsection (3) there shall be inserted the words "and of his powers under section 10(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.".'.
Mr Tom King
Mr Kevin Barron
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours
Ms Yvette Cooper
Mr Barry Jones
(e)
At end add—
'. In section 8 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (the Commissioner) at the end of subsection (3) there shall be inserted the words "and of his powers under section 10(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.".'.
FOOD STANDARDS BILL AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BILL
(ALLOCATION OF TIME)
Margaret Beckett
Mr Nicholas Brown
That the following provisions shall apply to the remaining proceedings on the Food Standards Bill and on the Employment Relations Bill—
Timetable
1.—(1) Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading of the Food Standards Bill shall be completed at today's sitting and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion six hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.
(2) Remaining proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments to the Employment Relations Bill shall be completed on the allotted day and, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement on that day.
Questions to be put
2.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1(1).
(2) The Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others)—
(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;
(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;
(c) the Question on any Amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;
(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.
(3) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a New Schedule, the Speaker shall put only the question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
(4) If two or more questions would fall to be put, under sub-paragraph (1)(c) on Amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, the Speaker shall instead put a single Question in relation to those Amendments or Motions.
3.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1(2).
(2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question already proposed from the Chair.
(3) If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment the Speaker shall then put forthwith—
(a) the Question on any further amendment of the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and
(b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees to the Lords Amendment or (as the case may be) to the Lords Amendment as amended.
(4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith—
(a) the Question on any amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and
(b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees to the Lords Amendment or (as the case may be) to the Lords Amendment as amended.
(5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House disagrees to a Lords Amendment.
(6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees to all the remaining Lords Amendments.
(7) As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed to a Lords amendment, or disposed of an amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a separate Question on any other amendment which is moved by a Minister of the Crown and relevant to the Lords Amendment.
(8) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment of its Chairman.
(9) A Committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting on the allotted day.
Miscellaneous
4. Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings—
(a) on the Food Standards Bill at today's sitting, and
(b) on the Employment Relations Bill on the allotted day,
and those proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House.
5. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on either of the Bills.
6. No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown, to alter the order in which any proceedings on either of the Bills are taken or to recommit the Food Standards Bill; and if a Minister makes any such Motion, the question on the Motion shall be put forthwith.
7. No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to either of the Bills except by a Minister of the Crown; and if a Minister makes any such Motion, the Question on the Motion shall be put forthwith.
8. The Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order shall be put forthwith; and Standing Order No. 15(1) shall apply to proceedings on any such Motion.
9.—(1) If at today's sitting a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (as that Standing Order has effect in accordance with the Order of the House [16 December 1998]) stands over to Four o'clock and proceedings on this Motion have begun before that time, the Motion for the Adjournment shall stand over until the conclusion of proceedings on the Food Standards Bill.
(2) If on the allotted day a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over to Seven o'clock (or, in accordance with the Order of the House [16 December 1998], Four o'clock), and proceedings on the Employment Relations Bill have begun before that time, or if such a Motion stands over from an earlier day, the Motion for the Adjournment shall stand over until the conclusion of any proceedings on the Employment Relations Bill.
10. If at the sitting today or on the allotted day the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the time at which any proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion under paragraph 1(1) or (2), no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.
Interpretation
11. In this Order, 'allotted day' means any day on which the Employment Relations Bill is put down on the main business as first Government Order of the Day.
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BILL (SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOCATION OF TIME)
Margaret Beckett
Mr Secretary Byers
That the Order of the House of 22nd July 1999 be supplemented as follows—
Subsequent stages
1. The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the consideration forthwith of any further Message from the Lords on the Employment Relations Bill.
2. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
3. For the purpose of bringing those proceedings to a conclusion the Speaker shall—
(a) put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the Chair and has not been decided, and the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the Chair,
(b) put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown on or relevant to any of the remaining items in the Lords Message, and
(c) put forthwith the Question, That this House does agree with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals.
Reasons Committee
4. The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment of its Chairman.
5. A Committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed.
Miscellaneous
6.—(1) This paragraph applies to proceedings on any further Message from the Lords on the Bill and to proceedings of the kind mentioned in paragraph 4.
(2) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings; and the proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House.
(3) Where proceedings on a Motion for the Adjournment of the House would, by virtue of Standing Order No. 24, commence at a time when proceedings to which this paragraph applies are in progress, the proceedings on the Motion shall be postponed to the conclusion of the proceedings to which this paragraph applies.
7. If the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the time at which proceedings on any further Lords Message are to be brought to a conclusion, no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.
