Parliamentary search - Employment Bill [HL]

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

701 c1251-305

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Employment Bill (HL). As amended on Report.
Monday, 19 May 2008
Bills
House of Lords

Employment Bill (HL). As amended in Grand Committee.
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Bach | 701 c1288-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her amendment. We discussed this matter in Grand Committee on ...

Lord Razzall | 701 c1287-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support this amendment. As the noble Baroness rightly said, this has been a concer...

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Lord Hoyle | 701 c1287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak briefly in support of the amendment moved by my noble friend Lady Turner. ...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1286-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 15: 15: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause— ““Unpaid award of com...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1291 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I assure the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox—whom I hope will quickly recover—that the example...

Lord Henley | 701 c1291 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall continue with what my noble friend was saying. The Government said in Committee th...

Baroness Wilcox | 701 c1291 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad that with this amendment the Government have started to appreciate that the worl...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1289-91 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16: 16: Clause 9, page 7, line 44, at end insert— ““(1A) The Secretary of Stat...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that very detailed response. I noted, particularly, that he refer...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1278-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, propose a range of measures to promote greate...

Lord Henley | 701 c1278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I offer my support to my noble friend Lord Hunt for his amendment. I declare an interest a...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to reassure the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, on that point. I am a huge fan of publ...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 701 c1280-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for a positive response to which I will return in just a min...

Lord Henley | 701 c1284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I am not happy with that response. I am sad, again, that I do not have th...

Lord Bach | 701 c1283-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Henley, for this amendment, which would preclude an ...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am in receipt of the noble Lord’s letter, dated 15 May. I will revert back to him on all...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 701 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister who, I understand, has additional resources, to which he ref...

Lord Henley | 701 c1282-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 14: 14: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause— ““Mediation (1) Secti...

Lord Borrie | 701 c1270-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: 9: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause— ““Proceedings in public...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1270 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 5: 5: Clause 4, page 4, leave out lines 17 and 18 and insert— ““(b) the person...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1273-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 9 seeks to import into the employment tribunal provisions similar to those i...

Lord Razzall | 701 c1273 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Borrie. Clearly this is a delicate i...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1273 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Borrie, as I did in Committee. He has brought forward a sli...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend, for all the reasons that he has given. I have a word of gratitu...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 701 c1276-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 10: 10: Before Clause 5, insert the following new Clause— ““Disciplinary and g...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1304 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 31: 31: Clause 18, page 16, line 16, at end insert— ““( ) On expulsion or excl...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1304 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of Alloway, for his suggestion and for his ...

Lord James of Blackheath | 701 c1303-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response. I think he said twice that the Government recognis...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1304-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with those kind assurances from the Minister, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amen...

Lord Bach | 701 c1305 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do adjourn during pleasure until 7 pm. Moved accordingly, an...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1295-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that response, although it is a bit disappointing; I had hoped...

Lord James of Blackheath | 701 c1296-300 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 30: 30: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty to protect we...

Baroness Wilcox | 701 c1300-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I first apologise to the House for my earlier coughing fit. I particularly thank my noble ...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1301-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment seeks to give employment agencies a statutory duty to protect the welfare o...

Lord Bach | 701 c1291-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 17 to 28: 17: Clause 9, page 8, line 1, leave out second ““the”” and insert ...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1292-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 29: 29: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause— ““Application of the...

Lord Hoyle | 701 c1294 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend on this amendment. We took away the earlier, all-embracing amend...

Lord Bach | 701 c1294-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Turner for moving the amendment, which, as she said,...

Lord Rosser | 701 c1295 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend referred to innocent passage. Is that the basis of the Government’s object...

Lord Bach | 701 c1295 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, innocent passage is not to be disregarded entirely as an argument. The United Nations Conv...

Lord Bach | 701 c1251 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 3, page 2, line 27, leave out from ““Chapter”” to ““the”” in line...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we had a long discussion on a similar amendment in Committee, as noble Lords will remember...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1254-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord has just said, but not, of course, with what led up to it...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 701 c1252-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2: 2: Clause 4, page 4, line 11, at end insert— ““““(3AZA) Subsection (3A) doe...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 701 c1256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness. The notion of exceptional hardship comes out o...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in those circumstances, I hope that we get from the Government a compromise suggestion whi...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is not a question to be argued here any more. The question is: which argument will th...

Lord Henley | 701 c1256-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I should intervene at this stage, particularly as my noble friend Lord Campbell ha...

Lord Bach | 701 c1257 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that the noble Lord is wrong. None of the two amendments which the noble Lord, Lor...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1257 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not quite clear. I have tried to keep off Amendment No. 31, because it is right not ...

Lord Henley | 701 c1257 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise. I am looking at the old draft groupings list. My noble friend will come back ...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1258 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for intervening, but whatever the objections—my noble friend is speaking for o...

Lord Henley | 701 c1257-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there will no doubt be much more that my noble friend will want to say later on and we loo...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 701 c1261 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak to my Amendment No. 34A, an amendment to subsection (b) in Amendment No. 33. It is...

Lord Morris of Handsworth | 701 c1260-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in this instance the Brussels procedures are the Strasbourg court. It has spoken, and I re...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 701 c1260 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with respect, the noble Lord is saying—and he will correct me if I am wrong—that the proce...

Lord Morris of Handsworth | 701 c1258-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak to Amendment No. 36 and in support of Amendment No. 33. I also take the opportunit...

Lord Henley | 701 c1258 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think I can agree with my noble friend but, as he would agree, at this stage we have to ...

Lord Henley | 701 c1268 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall briefly respond to the noble Lord, Lord Jones. I welcome him back to his Bill. I i...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1265-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Clause 4, page 4, line 15, after ““consent”” insert ““in writing”” The ...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 701 c1267-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak to the amendments in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Wedderburn—unfortuna...

Lord Bach | 701 c1262-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a large and important group of amendments that enables us to address the issues ra...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 701 c1265 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this important debate. I particularly thank the...

Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1268-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Henley. I was actually speaking at a businesswomen’s event in...

Lord Borrie | 701 c1275-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lady Turner—and, if he had been here, no doubt my no...

Lord Henley | 701 c1252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can be fairly brief. I congratulate the noble Lord on moving the amendment on behalf of ...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 701 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what can I say to the Minister except ““thank you””? I beg leave to withdraw the amendment...

Baroness Wilcox | 701 c1273 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in Committee I spoke in support of the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, for raising these issues. ...

Subjects

Disciplinary proceedings

Disclosure of information

Compensation

Codes of practice

ACAS

Crew

Employment

Industrial relations

Employment Tribunals Service

Industrial disputes

Employment agencies