Clause 30 - Contracts of employment
Employment Bill
10:30 am
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 53, in page 35, line 27, at end insert-
'(2A) The Secretary of State shall by regulations prescribe a procedure for certification by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, or by a Tribunal or by the Secretary of State of model agreements to follow procedures other than the statutory procedure as being not inconsistent with the requirements of the statutory procedure'.
Good morning, Mr. Benton. We shall need to make rapid progress today as the guillotine, which the Government outrageously imposed, will fall after clause 41 at 7 pm. That means that some substantial issues that fall to be debated today will have to be raced through at a canter, if not a gallop.
I apologise to you, Mr. Benton, and the Committee for having to leave a little early before lunch-[Interruption.] I am glad to see that Labour Members are disappointed-