Employment Rights Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:36 pm on 11 March 2025.
Amendments made: 141, page 52, line 27, leave out first “the” and insert “a”.
This amendment is consequential on NC37.
Amendment 142, page 52, line 27, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”.
This amendment is consequential on NC37.
Amendment 143, page 52, line 31, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”.
This amendment is consequential on NC37.
Amendment 144, page 52, line 32, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”.
This amendment is consequential on NC37.
Amendment 145, page 53, line 3, after second “the” insert “social care”.
This amendment makes a minor drafting change.
Amendment 146, page 53, line 6, after “the” insert “social care”.—(Justin Madders.)
This amendment makes a minor drafting change.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
