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Work and Families Bill

moved Amendment No. 4:"Page 19, line 32, leave out ““employers”” and insert ““persons””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, I cannot imagine that, even 20 or 30 years from now, the noble Baroness will not be here fighting hard. I apologise to the House for having to table a government amendment at this late stage in the process. It is intended to correct a minor drafting error in Schedule 1, which amends Section 80E of the Employment Rights Act 1996. At paragraph 38, line 32, the Bill reads:"““The employers on whom duties may be imposed by regulations under section 80AA or 80BB include not only employees exercising rights by virtue of that section and their employers””—" The correct wording should be the ““persons””—"““on whom duties may be imposed by regulations under section 80AA or 80BB include not only employees exercising rights by virtue of that section and their employers””." It is clear that this is a minor drafting error, made during the construction of the Bill. Unfortunately, this error has only just been noticed. Therefore, we are tabling an amendment at this late stage. I apologise for that. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.