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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Friday 10th October 2008

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Public Bill Committee

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Employment Bill [Lords]

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Mr Pat McFadden

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

14

Clause  3,  page  1,  line  11,  after ‘subsections’, insert ‘(1A),’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

11

Clause  3,  page  1,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

In section 199 (Issue of Codes of Practice by ACAS) at the end of subsection (2)

there is inserted—

(ca)	discipline and grievance procedure, and’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

5

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  2,  after ‘with’, insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

6

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  9,  leave out ‘a relevant’ and insert ‘the’.

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Employment Bill [Lords], continued

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

8

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  10,  leave out ‘that’ and insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

3

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  15,  leave out ‘25%’ and insert ‘50%’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

7

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  19,  leave out ‘a relevant’ and insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

9

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  20,  leave out ‘that’ and insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

4

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  25,  leave out ‘25%’ and insert ‘50%’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

10

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out from ‘(3),’ to end of line 28 and insert—

‘“the Code of Practice” means any Code of Practice issued by ACAS under

section 199(2)(ca)’.

Mr Pat McFadden

1

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  3,  after ‘Society)’, insert—

‘Regulation 17 of the Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time)

Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1660) (breach of regulations)’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

13

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  13,  leave out ‘only’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

12

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  14,  at end insert—

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Employment Bill [Lords], continued

‘(za)

the proceedings relate to a money dispute, and’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

15

Clause  10,  page  13,  line  30,  after ‘them’, insert ‘if copying facilities are not

available at that place’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

16

Clause  12,  page  14,  line  9,  leave out subsection (1).

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

19

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  27,  leave out ‘other exceptional hardship’ and insert ‘any

material financial disadvantage’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

17

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  41,  at end add—

‘(4)	In section 177 (interpretation and other supplementary provisions) after

subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A)

For the purposes of section 174 an individual will only be considered to

be a member of a political party if within the 12 months prior to the date

of an individual’s application for membership of the trade union that

individual was registered with the political party as a member.’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

18

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  41,  at end add—

‘(4)	In section 177 (interpretation and other supplementary provisions) after

subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A)

For the purposes of section 174 a group will be considered to be a

political party only where it has been registered with the Electoral

Commission under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act

2000 (c. 41) or any foreign equivalent, and at the time of the individual’s

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application for membership of the trade union the party remains on such

a register.’.

Mr Pat McFadden

20

Clause  21,  page  18,  line  16,  leave out from beginning to second ‘on’ in line 17.

Mr Pat McFadden

21

Clause  21,  page  18,  line  19,  leave out ‘section 18 comes’ and insert ‘sections

(Employment agencies and national minimum wage legislation: information-sharing) and

18 come’

Mr Pat McFadden

2

Clause  22,  page  18,  line  29,  leave out subsection (2).

New clausES

Employment agencies and national minimum wage legislation: information-sharing

Mr Pat McFadden

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39), in section 15 (information

obtained by officers), after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A)

Information to which this section applies—

(a)	may be supplied by, or with the authorisation of, the Secretary of

State to an officer acting for the purposes of the Employment

Agencies Act 1973 for any purpose relating to that Act; and

(b)	may be used by an officer acting for the purposes of that Act for

any purpose relating to that Act.”

(2)	In the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35), in section 9 (inspection),

subsection (4) is amended as follows—

(a)	after “this section” there is inserted “(or pursuant to section 15(5A) of the

National Minimum Wage Act 1998)”;

(b)	after paragraph (iv) there is inserted “or

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