Clause 18
Employment Bill [Lords]
1:00 pm
Martin Caton (Gower, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 18, in page 17, line 41, at end add—
‘(4) In section 177 (interpretation and other supplementary provisions) after subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(2A) For the purposes of section 174 a group will be considered to be a political party only where it has been registered with the Electoral Commission under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) or any foreign equivalent, and at the time of the individual’s application for membership of the trade union the party remains on such a register.’.