Private Equity (Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment) Bill

I agree with my hon. Friend. I am a realist about these things; I recognise that if my Bill gets to Committee, it will be difficult for it to come out if I have not managed to satisfy the Government and others that it is a suitable vehicle. If I were a betting man, and I am not, I would put odds on my Bill probably not surviving. However, I predict that in the next two or three years the Government will have done something along the lines set out by the Bill because not only employees but employers will demand it.