Clause 17 - Information about employees to be ballotedon industrial action
Employment Relations Bill
9:45 am
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers), Department of Trade and Industry; Bradford South, Labour)
I will have to write to the hon. Gentleman to explain the detail of that process. It is nothing underhand. It is to ensure that everyone involved has the opportunity to be involved.
The hon. Gentleman asked about representations from employers. A number of employers submitted their views throughout the review of the 1999 Act, as I mentioned at the start of discussions on Tuesday morning. There were no specific concerns about that aspect of the Act.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 17 ordered to stand part of the Bill.