Part of Employment Rights Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons – in the House of Lords at 4:10 pm on 17 November 2025.
Lord Collins of Highbury:
Moved by Lord Collins of Highbury
That this House do not insist on its Amendments 23 and 106 to 120, to which the Commons have disagreed; and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 120C, 120D and 120E in lieu of Lords Amendments 23 and 106 to 120.
120C: Schedule 3, page 189, line 14, for “(3)” substitute “(6)”
120D: Schedule 3, page 191, line 13, at end insert—“(6) Before making—(a) the first regulations to be made under subsection (4), and(b) the first regulations to be made in reliance on subsection (5)(b),the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.””
120E: Schedule 3, page 191, line 27, at end insert—“(5C) Before making the first regulations to be made in reliance on subsection (5A), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.””
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