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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

I urge the Government to take account of what the TUC has said. I think my noble and learned friend will agree that what the TUC has argued is precisely what he is urging. It is very practicable that that should be the case. As far as I can see, there is nothing in this clause to enable the Government to ignore the wishes of the labour force. The Government are complying entirely with what the TUC is arguing for. To remove, as my noble friend has argued, the relevant wording would be fatal to the whole purpose of the clause.