Clause 18
Employment Bill [Lords]
10:00 am
Pat McFadden (Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)
As I have said four or five times, the clause is in the Bill because the Government believe that our domestic law should be compatible with the ECHR. We have heard this question from the Opposition a few times, so let me speculate that if they are ever in a position to decide such matters, they would depart from the convention. If they would not align our domestic law with it, they are welcome to say so, but the Government believe that we should legislate with that in mind.