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Employment Bill [HL]

Obviously I have had time to read it. That is not the problem. As the noble Lord will be aware, one needs to discuss this with colleagues, many of whom have had other things on their minds. To debate something adequately in Committee, one needs a little more time than a couple of hours in the run up to the Committee. As I said, I am very grateful to the noble Lord’s colleague for having got it there on time. He met his promise, but, as I said, I reserve my position and we will probably want to come back to it at a later stage.