Clause 3 - Adoption Leave
Employment Bill
12:45 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
I say, ''If they can't think quickly enough on their feet, sack 'em.''
The Minister is fortunate that amendment No. 141 is defective and he has grounds to reject it on that basis alone. To allow him to gather his thoughts and to answer the question about specifying the conditions in
the Bill, I shall table on Report a properly drafted version of amendment No. 141that includes scope for overseas adoptions. Perhaps we can then have an informed discussion on why the Minister believes that it is not appropriate to be more specific in the Bill.
I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.