Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 7, in page 32, line 1, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [6 December]: No. 12, in page 32, line 16, at the end to insert the words— '(dd) to make an order prohibiting a representative of a party to proceedings before it from...
[Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
Amendment moved [this day]: No. 16, in page 32, line 27, at end add— ''(3) After that section there is inserted— '13B Charges for Applications to Employment Tribunals Employment...
I beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 33, line 2, at end add— '( ) After that section there is inserted— ''34A Compensation for preparation time Appeal Tribunal procedure rules...
I beg to move amendment No. 34, in page 33, line 10, after 'such', insert 'fixed'.
I beg to move amendment No. 39, in page 33, line 43, at end insert— ''(aa) authorise the Secretary of State to prescribe forms in electronic format for the purposes stated in paragraph (a)...
I beg to move amendment No. 40, in page 34, line 7, after 'hearing', insert 'where both parties agree to such a determination'. The amendment would provide that determination without a hearing...
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 41, in page 34, line 20, at end insert— '(2A) Where employment tribunal procedure regulations include provisions enabling the President to make directions about...
I beg to move amendment No. 42, in page 34, line 31, at end add— '(2) In section 9(1) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, after paragraph (a) there is inserted— ''(aa) for enabling...
I beg to move amendment No. 79, in page 35, line 9, leave out subsection (b).
[Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
I beg to move amendment No. 29, in page 57, line 8, after 'writing', insert 'in the form of a statement.'.
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 53, in page 35, line 27, at end insert- '(2A) The Secretary of State shall by regulations prescribe a procedure for certification by the Advisory, Conciliation and...
I beg to move amendment No. 54, in page 36, line 34, leave out paragraph (d).
I beg to move amendment No. 58, in page 37, line 16, leave out paragraph (c). This is a probing amendment. It seeks to leave out clause 31(2)(c), which allows regulations to ''make provision...
I beg to move amendment No. 63, in page 37, line 19, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
I beg to move amendment No. 78, in page 38, line 1, leave out from '(1),' to 'shows' in line 4 and insert 'failure by an employer to follow a procedure in relation to the dismissal of an employee...
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 78, in page 38, line 1, leave out from '(1),' to 'shows' in line 4 and insert 'failure by an employer to follow a procedure in relation to the dismissal of an...
I beg to move amendment No. 68, in page 39, line 31, leave out from 'procedures,' to end of line 32 and insert 'subsection (3) shall have effect so that the note need not comply with the...
I beg to move amendment No. 87, in page 39, line 41, leave out 'meet' and insert 'discharge'.
I beg to move amendment No. 80, in page 41, line 21, after 'document', insert 'purporting to be a document'.
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 96, in page 2, line 4, leave out 'shall' and insert 'may'.
[Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 125, in page 2, line 36, after 'pregnancy', insert '(in which case reference in this section to the date of the child's birth shall mean the date of the stillbirth)'....
[Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
I beg to move amendment No. 123, in page 5, line 31, leave out 'or has been'. This is a probing amendment. Is the inclusion of ''or has been'' intended to create an obligation on an former...
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [10 January]: No. 129, in page 8, line 8, leave out from the word 'State' to the word 'is' in line 10 and insert the words 'shall, by regulations, provide that all statutory...
I beg to move amendment No. 141, in page 12, line 13, leave out 'satisfies prescribed conditions' and insert 'is a person with whom a child is or is expected to be placed, for adoption under the...
[Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 149, in page 15, leave out line 8. Amendment No. 149 seeks to remove new section 171ZL(2)(c). This is simply to establish—once again it is a problem of...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 172, in page 22, line 4, at end add— '(c) include provision for a person who has made a payment of statutory paternity pay or statutory adoption pay qualifying...
I beg to move amendment No. 177, in page 24, line 10, leave out ''has been'' and insert ''was at the time of the claimed entitlement''.
I beg to move amendment No. 182, in page 24, line 23, after ''record'', insert ''which is or was at the time of the request in his possession or which he is required by this Act or any regulation...
[Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
Good morning, Mr. Amess. I beg to move amendment No. 217, in page 44, line 8, at end insert— '(3A) Information received by a complainant in response to a form served on a respondent as...
I beg to move amendment No. 216 in page 45, line 8, leave out 'permit an employee of his' and insert ', in respect of each establishment or bargaining unit (whichever is the smaller) in which...
[Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 216, in page 45, line 8, leave out— 'permit an employee of his'— and insert— ', in respect of each establishment or bargaining unit...
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 221, in page 45, line 33, after '(2)' insert 'and has obtained a nationally recognised qualification relevant to those activities'.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 213, in page 47, line 28, leave out 'employees' and insert 'workers'.
[Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 215, in page 47, line 33, at end insert— '(1A) For the first two years of an employee's fixed term employment the regulations will not apply to...
I beg to move amendment No. 232, in page 49, line 5, leave out ''average'' and insert ''normal''. The clause inserts substitute wording into the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: No. 229, in page 52, line 12, leave out 'or 33' and insert ', 33 or 45'.—[Mr. Hammond.] Clause 49, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 50 and 51...
I beg to move amendment No. 211, in page 67, line 9, leave out '171ZL(1)' and insert '171ZN(1)'
[Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [22 January]: No. 200, in page 69, line 14, at end insert— 'In section 48 (right to present complaint of detriment to employment tribunal), for ''or 47C'' there is...
Amendment made: No. 234, in page 72, line 32, column 2, leave out 'paragraphs 12(3) and 14(3)' and insert 'paragraph 12(3)'.—[Alan Johnson.] Schedule 7, as amended, agreed to.
Amendments made: No. 233, in page 53, line 21, leave out from 'the' to end of line 23 and insert 'repeal of'. No. 209, in page 53, line 28, leave out 'section' and insert 'sections'. No. 210,...
'(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18) is amended as follows. (2) After Part 8 there is inserted— ''Part 8A Flexible working 80F Statutory right to request contract variation ...
(1) The Department for Employment and Learning shall make regulations— (a) for the purpose of securing that employees in fixed-term employment are treated, for such purposes and to such...
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