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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 16 June 2009

Public Bill Committee

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Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill

Mr Ian Lucas

1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘make’ and insert ‘lay before Parliament a draft

of a statutory instrument containing’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is part of a set of amendments which provides that regulations under clause 1 may

be made only if Parliament has approved a draft of the regulations. This particular amendment

requires the Secretary of State to lay such a draft before Parliament.

Mr Ian Lucas

2

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  13,  leave out ‘making regulations’ and insert ‘laying a draft’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential on amendment 1.

Mr Ian Lucas

3

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  20,  leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert—

‘(4)	If a draft laid under subsection (2) is approved by a resolution of each House of

Parliament, the Secretary of State must by statutory instrument make regulations

in the terms of the draft.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is part of the same set of amendments as amendments 1 and 2. It requires the Sec­

retary of State to make regulations if a draft of them has been approved by a resolution of each

House of Parliament.

Mr Ian Lucas

4

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  3,  leave out from ‘means’ to end of line 4 and insert ‘average

weekly earnings for full-time and part-time workers in England and Wales and Scotland;’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment alters the definition of average weekly earnings.

Notices of Amendments: 16 June 2009

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Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill, continued

Mr Ian Lucas

5

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(2)	For the purposes of this Act average weekly earnings are to be estimated on the

basis of information published by the Statistics Board.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment, which is related to amendment 4, provides that average weekly earnings are to

be estimated on the basis of information published by the Statistics Board (as established by the

Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007).

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Revised 17 June 2009