Public Bill Committees
Employment Relations Bill

• Employment Relations Bill, 1st sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • Clause 4 - Determination of appropriate bargaining unit (42 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, in clause 4, page 4, line 5, leave out 'compatible with' and insert 'conducive to'. ''Appropriate bargaining unit'' in the title of the clause refers to the unit...
  • Column Number: 13 (0 speeches)
    Clause 3Duty of employer to supply information to union
  • Duty of employer to supply information to union (41 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 14, in clause 3, page 2, line 31, leave out '5' and insert '10'. This is a simple amendment, which relates to an earlier point in the Bill. As so often happens, we...
  • Column Number: 26 (0 speeches)
    Clause 5Union communications with workers after acceptance of application
  • Union communications with workers after acceptance of application (32 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 5, page 5, line 24, at end insert— '(9) The CAC must at all times keep a list of persons considered to be suitable independent persons, which it...
• Employment Relations Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 5 - Union communications with workers after acceptance of application (26 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 24, in clause 5, page 6, line 11, at end insert— '(1B) If information is sent out by unions, employers or non-unionised workers which is subsequently...
  • Clause 6 - Power of the CAC to extend notification period (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 7 - Postal votes for workers absent from ballot at workplace (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 9 - Employer's notice to end bargaining arrangements (51 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 34, in clause 9, page 9, line 11, after '(2)', insert ',(2A)'.
  • Clause 10 - Appeals against demands for costs (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 - Power to amend Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 12 - Means of communicating with workers (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 13 - Power to make provision about effect of amalgamations etc. (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 14 - Information about union membership and employment in bargaining unit (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 31, in clause 14, page 13, line 8, after 'specify', insert ', being not less than a period of 7 days'.
  • Clause 15 - ''Pay'' and other matters subject to collective bargaining (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 6, in clause 15, page 14, leave out line 19.
• Employment Relations Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • Clause 17 - Information about employees to be ballotedon industrial action (22 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 8, in Clause 17, page 16, line 42, leave out 'or employee' and insert ', employee, branch or section'.
  • Clause 18 - Entitlement to vote in ballot (7 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 20 - Information about employees to be contained (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 21 - Dismissal where employees taking protected industrial action locked out (19 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 23 - Inducements relating to union membership (52 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 39, in clause 23, page 19, line 30, leave out 'or main'.
• Employment Relations Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 23 - Inducements relating to union (11 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
  • Clause 24 - Extension of protection against detriment for union membership etc. (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 25 - Detriment for use of union services or (14 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 13, in clause 25, page 23, line 11, leave out 'or deterring' and insert 'him or taking action so as unreasonably to deter'. Subsection (2) refers to the employer...
  • Clause 26 - Dismissal for use of union services or (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Employment Relations Bill, 5th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • Clause 27 - Role of companion at disciplinary or grievance hearing (25 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 51, in clause 27, page 25, line 10, after 'companion', insert ', at the worker's request,'.
  • Clause 28 - Extension of jurisdiction of employment appeal tribunal (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 29 - Ways in which provision conferring rights on individuals may be made (17 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 30 - Flexible working (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 54, in clause 30, page 26, line 32, leave out subsection (4). The clause is important because it is about extending rights to flexible workers. Subsection (4) allows...
• Employment Relations Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  (Morning) [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair] Employment Relations Bill Clause 31 Information and consultation
  • Clause 31 - Information and consultation (36 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 49, in clause 31, page 27, line 1, at end insert— '(1A) The Secretary of State shall consult such persons as he considers appropriate on the establishment of...
  • Clause 32 - Information supplied by worker and employer (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 34 - Enforcement officers for agricultural wages legislation (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 36 - Restriction of proceedings orders: proceedings before Certification Officer (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 39 - Additional case in which election for president of union not required (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Column Number: 175 (0 speeches)
    Clause 41Means of voting in ballots and elections
  • Means of voting in ballots and elections (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Employment Relations Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • New Clause 4A - Information and consultation: Northern Ireland (7 speeches)
    No. NC4A, to move the following Clause:— '(1) The Department for Employment and Learning may make regulations for the purpose of conferring on employees of an employer to whom the...
• Employment Relations Bill, 8th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • New clause 5 - Provision of money for trade union modernisation (53 speeches)
    '(1) Before section 117 of the 1992 Act (and before the cross-heading immediately preceding that section) insert— ''Union modernisation 116A Provision of money for union modernisation ...
  • New clause 3 - Religious belief (6 speeches)
    'After paragraph 171 of Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act insert— ''Religious belief 171A This Schedule shall not apply to any employer who, in the opinion of the CAC, objects on grounds of...
• Employment Relations Bill, 9th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • New clause 7 - Dismissal after end of protected period (10 speeches)
    '(1) In section 238A (6) of the 1992 Act (dismissal after end of protected period), after paragraph (d) insert— ''(e) where there was agreement to use either of the services mentioned in...
  • New clause 8 - Exclusion or expulsion from (23 speeches)
    '(1) Section 174 of the 1992 Act (right not to be excluded or expelled from trade union) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (2)(d) for ''his conduct'' substitute ''conduct of his (other...
  • New clause 9 - Applications no longer to be made to (0 speeches)
    '(1) Section 67 of the 1992 Act (compensation for infringement of right not to be unjustifiably disciplined) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6). (2) In subsection (1) after...
  • New clause 4 - Unofficial industrial action (9 speeches)
    '(1) Section 237 of the 1992 Act (dismissal of those taking part in unofficial industrial action) is amended as follows. (2) After subsection (2) there is inserted— ''(2A) The Secretary...
  • New clause 6 - Tips, etc., not to be taken into account (5 speeches)
    'The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 are amended, in Regulation 31(1)(e), by leaving out ''that is not paid through the payroll'' and inserting ''whether paid through the payroll or by any...
  • Clause 44 - Corresponding provision for (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 55, in clause 44, page 36, line 27, after 'sections' insert '(Information and consultation: Northern Ireland),'.—[Mr. Sutcliffe.] Clause 44, as amended, ordered to...
  • Clause 45 - Citation, commencement and extent (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 56, in clause 45, page 36, line 34, after '31,' insert '(Information and consultation: Northern Ireland),'. No. 57, in clause 45, page 37, line 9, leave out 'Section 44...
  • Schedule 1 - Minor and consequential amendments (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 59, in schedule 1, page 39, line 40, at end insert— '15A In section 288(1)(b) of the 1992 Act (provisions restricting rights to bring proceedings to be void), omit...
  • Schedule 2 - Repeals (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 62, in schedule 2, page 43, line 19, at end insert— 'In section 67, subsections (2) and (4), in subsections (5) and (7) the words ''Employment Appeal Tribunal or''...
  • Title (5 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 58, in title, line 10, after 'unions', insert 'and the carrying out by them of their functions'.—[Mr. Sutcliffe.] Question proposed, That the Chairman do report the...