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Trade Union Bill

Proceeding contribution from Nick Boles (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 April 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Trade Union Bill.

I have been generous and I will be generous again, but I shall try to make some progress.

As I indicated, the amendment provides that the cap may be disapplied for as long as necessary and to the extent necessary for individual employers. This would enable a temporary lifting of the cap for one or more specific employers, and we propose to use it in circumstances where the employer and Ministers consider it necessary. We envisage that should a particular employer experience a need for more facility time, perhaps during a period of change or following a particular incident, Ministers can allow this so that facility time can be increased to respond to the circumstance. The reserve power that this amendment would deliver is considerably improved from the version that was deleted in the other place, and I urge the House to support it. I commend the amendments to the House.

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Reference

608 c1480 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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