Public Bill Committees
Work and Families Bill

• Work and Families Bill, 1st sitting (8 speeches)
  [Hugh Bayley in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Maternity pay period (65 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 10, in clause 1, page 1, line 7, after ‘weeks’, insert ‘; but a woman taking maternity leave who takes less than the maximum prescribed period is...
  • Clause 2 - Adoption pay period (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 3 - Additional paternity leave: adoption (40 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 17, in clause 3, page 2, line 24, after ‘child’, insert ‘and that the commencement date for such leave is the same as the return to employment or...
  • Clause 5 - Rights during and after additional paternity leave (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 7 - Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: adoption (2 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 7, page 6, line 11, leave out ‘adoption’ and insert ‘paternity’. This Government amendment is designed to correct an error in the...
• Work and Families Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 8 - Entitlement to additional statutory (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 9 - Liability to make payments of additional statutory paternity pay (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 22, in clause 9, page 8, line 9, leave out from 'of' to end of line 22 and insert 'the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs'.
  • Clause 10 - Additional statutory paternity pay: (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 - Leave and pay related to birth or adoption: further amendments (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 1 - Leave and pay related to birth or adoption: further amendments (4 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 19, in schedule 1, page 17, line 12, leave out from beginning to 'subsection' and insert—'(1) Section 171ZJ of SSCBA 1992 (Part 12ZA: supplementary) is amended as...
  • Clause 12 - Flexible working (16 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 8, in clause 12, page 10, line 9, leave out from 'subsection (1),' to end of line 18 and insert 'delete paragraph (b).'.
  • Clause 13 - Annual leave (41 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 27, in clause 13, page 10, line 33, after 'year', insert   'excluding United Kingdom public bank holidays'.
  • Schedule 2 - Repeals (1 speech)
    I beg to move amendment No. 21, in schedule 2, page 23, line 20, column 2, after '33 (3)', insert ', 48 (2)'. The amendment corrects a minor drafting omission in the repeals list. Amendment...
  • New Clause 1 - Limitation of right to claim unfair dismissal (7 speeches)
    'In the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) (in this Act referred to as ''ERA 1996'') after section 74 insert— ''Limitation of right to claim unfair dismissal In circumstances where—...
  • New Clause 3 - PATERNITY LEAVE ENTITLEMENT (3 speeches)
    '(1) The ERA 1996 is further amended as follows. (2) In subsection (3) of section 80A (entitlement to paternity leave: birth) there is inserted at the end ''and that leave may be taken in one...
  • New Clause 4 - MATERNITY NOTICE PERIOD (17 speeches)
    'The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 shall be amended so that in regulation 4 (entitlement to ordinary maternity leave) after paragraph (1) insert— ''(1A) An employee...
• Work and Families Bill, 1st sitting (8 speeches)
  I remind the Committee that there is a money resolution in connection with the Bill. Copies are available in the Room. I should also like to remind Members that adequate notice should be given of...
  • Clause 1 - Maternity pay period (65 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 10, in clause 1, page 1, line 7, after ‘weeks’, insert ‘; but a woman taking maternity leave who takes less than the maximum prescribed period is...
  • Clause 2 - Adoption pay period (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 3 - Additional paternity leave: adoption (40 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 17, in clause 3, page 2, line 24, after ‘child’, insert ‘and that the commencement date for such leave is the same as the return to employment or...
  • Clause 5 - Rights during and after additional paternity leave (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 7 - Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: adoption (2 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 7, page 6, line 11, leave out ‘adoption’ and insert ‘paternity’. This Government amendment is designed to correct an error in the...