Employment Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Pat McFadden (Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)
I beg to move,
That—
(1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 14th October) meet—
(a) at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 14th October;
(b) at 9.25 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 16th October;
(c) at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 21st October;
(d) at 9.25 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 23rd October;
(2) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 23rd October.
It is a great pleasure, Mr. Bercow, to serve under your chairmanship. I am sure that you will guide us fairly and wisely during our debates.
The programme motion sets out up to eight sittings for consideration of the Bill. That should be adequate time to consider the key issues. The Bill is not the longest before the House in this Session, but it contains many important measures, which we will come on to. I welcome the hon. Member for Huntington to his place. Reshuffles have not disturbed our ongoing dialogue, which has been in place for some time and will certainly continue for up to another eight sittings.