Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

My Lords, Clause 14 gives tribunals powers to impose a financial penalty on an employer who is in...

My Lords, I welcome Clause 14, which inserts new Section 12A, but would like to assert the import...

Good afternoon, my Lords. I hope that your Lordships all had a good weekend break. I am very grat...

I ask for some clarification. The Minister said that the tribunal judge will obviously have a dis...

We will pick that up in another part of the Bill, on the award, where the penalty is 50% of the a...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for her support. I find it hard to thank the Minister b...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

20M: Clause 14, page 10, leave out lines 20 to 2...

Amendment 20M would remove the requirement that a financial penalty be set at 50% of the amount o...

My Lords, this is an amendment that my noble friend Lady Brinton was also alluding to. It is a ve...

I asked what would be considered an aggravating feature and about the impact it might have on the...

That is a perfectly reasonable question, and I know that the noble Lord is asking me a question t...

Such cynicism so early in the day. All I can say is that we will take into account the Minister’s...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

20MA: Clause 14, page 11, line 9, at end insert—...

My Lords, Amendments 20MA and 20MB are intended to probe the definition of aggravating features—I...

My Lords, I hope that the Government will see fit to accept the amendment, because I should have ...

Lord Marland:

First, I would like to make a couple of points on training, which is o...

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

The Minister has still not addressed our main concern. I do no...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

20N: Clause 14, page 11, line 47, at end insert—...

My Lords, Amendment 20N follows on from the previous amendment in that it also deals with unpaid ...

Of course we are in great harmony, even though I am sure I shall have it thrown back in my face. ...

My Lords, I welcome the invitation to discuss the issue with the Minister following the consultat...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

20P: Clause 14, page 11, line 47, at end insert—...

My Lords, this amendment follows on from the previous amendment and provides for the tribunal, wh...

Again, I think that I largely responded to this amendment in my comments on the previous amendmen...

My Lords, I think that that leaves us in the same situation we were in on the previous amendment ...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

20Q: Clause 15, page 12, line 4, leave out from ...

My Lords, the amendment is an alternative to the public interest test proposed by the Government....

My Lords, I have been very interested in the whole discussion on whistleblowing. I thank the nobl...

It is hardly for me to criticise when the Minister has quoted from a speech of mine in the most f...

I apologise. Of course, the noble Lord’s wisdom had been honed even further by 1998, which gives ...

I thank the Minister for his response. We will read Hansard carefully to see whether we need to r...

Moved by

Lord Marland

21: Clause 15, page 12, line 5, at end insert —

“(2) Sect...

My Lords, government Amendment 21 aims to ensure that the right people are covered by the whistle...

My Lords, I understand from the Government’s statement and from what the Minister has said that t...

My Lords, in the margins of the debate that we have just had the Minister very kindly passed acro...

I am always available for side meetings to discuss this. I think that the noble Lord, Lord Steven...

As is normal on these occasions, we take it strictly by the order of the Marshalled List. The que...

Moved by

Lord Touhig

22: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“Dut...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Wills, the noble Lord, Lord Low of Dalston, and o...

My Lords, I support Amendment 22, to which I have added my name and which has been so ably put fo...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment but I do not think I can say a lot more than has ...

My Lords, I support what has been said by the noble Lord, Lord Low of Dalston, who happens to be ...

My Lords, I add my support to Amendments 22 and 23E for all the reasons already stated. It is unf...

I apologise for not being here earlier when the subject of whistleblowing obviously came up in di...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville:

My Lords, I have no idea what the Minister is going to sa...

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

My Lords, I, too, support the thrust of what my noble friends ...

Again, we are extremely sympathetic towards and supportive of each other. It is not just the Cros...

Can the Minister clarify something for me? I am very grateful for his openness and willingness to...

I do not have a view because I do not have enough knowledge of the subject. As the noble Lord rig...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I echo the point made by the Minister;...

Moved by

Lord Touhig

23: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“Rem...

My Lords, Amendment 23 is supported by my noble friends Lord Wills and Lady Dean of Thornton-le-F...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment and hope that I will be worthy of the kind remarks of ...

My Lords, I, too, have added my name to the amendment and would like to say just a few words in s...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 23 and 23F, because people who are far more expert ...

My Lords, I hate to interrupt the noble Lord, Lord Young, but there is a Division in the Chamber ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green:

I can. As I was saying, I am grateful to my noble friends Lord...

My Lords, a lot of what has been said was said in relation to the previous amendments. I am struc...

My Lords, again, I am grateful to colleagues who took part in the debate and in particular to the...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

23A: After Clause 15, insert the following new C...

My Lords, thousands of construction workers have been secretly blacklisted and denied jobs on bui...

My Lords, I was the author of a report on construction fatalities a couple of years ago and I spe...

The noble Baroness speaks with great authority on the subject. Of course, it is a difficult grey ...

That is why I do not play poker. I am taking into account that it is a Christmas gift from the Mi...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

23B: After Clause 15, insert the following new C...

This amendment would place a positive requirement on lawyers advising in the settlement of claims...

My Lords, I am grateful for this probing amendment. However, I am not convinced that we need to g...

I will take note of what the noble Lord said and give consideration to that view to see whether w...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

23D: After Clause 15, insert the following new C...

My Lords, Amendment 23D aims to improve transparency around whistleblowing cases that have been s...

I hope the Government are positive about this amendment. Secret justice is inherently evil unless...

I have a nasty feeling that I am going to disappoint the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, who of course s...

I cannot say we are particularly happy that Christmas has ended early with the Minister’s respons...

Moved by

Baroness Turner of Camden

24: Clause 16, page 12, line 15, at end insert—