Public Bill Committee: 14th October 2008

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Employment Bill-[ [], continued

National minimum wage: gratuities

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

‘In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39), in section (2) (determination

of hourly rate of remuneration), after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A)

The regulations shall make provisions with respect to employees in

service industries, to provide that gratuities paid to them in the course of

their employment shall not be included in the calculation of the national

minimum wage to be paid to them.”.’.

Order of the House [14th July 2008]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Employment Bill [Lords]:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 23rd October 2008.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on any

messages from the Lords) may be programmed.

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Revised 14 October 2008