59 (1) The Employment Relations Act 2004 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 9—

(a) omit subsections (1) to (4);

(b) in subsection (5), for “that Schedule” substitute “Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act”;

(c) omit subsections (6) to (9).

(3) Omit section 10.

(4) Omit section 13.

(5) In paragraph 23 of Schedule 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (10), omit paragraph (b) (and the “and” before it);

(b) in sub-paragraph (11), omit paragraph (b) (and the “and” before it);

(c) in sub-paragraph (13), omit paragraph (b) (and the “and” before it);

(d) in sub-paragraph (14), omit paragraph (b) (and the “and” before it);

(e) omit sub-paragraph (19);

(f) in sub-paragraph (26), omit paragraph (a) (and the “and” after it);

(g) in sub-paragraph (27), omit paragraph (a) (and the “and” after it).”—(Justin Madders.)

This new Schedule would amend Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to extend the prohibition on unfair practices to the entirety of a recognition or derecognition process, ensure that the Central Arbitration Committee can make orders in relation to such practices whether or not they have an impact on the process, increase the time limit for making claims in relation to such practices, provide for binding arrangements for access by the union to workers throughout a recognition or derecognition process, prevent workers who joined the bargaining unit after a recognition application from being counted for various purposes, prevent a new recognition agreement with a non-independent union stopping a recognition process, and make the amendments currently in clause 51.

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question put, That the schedule be read a Second time.

The House divided: Ayes 333, Noes 100.

Question accordingly agreed to.

New schedule 2 read a Second time, and added to the Bill.