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Employment Bill [HL]

I support Amendment No. 15 because it deals with some points that I made in my original submissions on the previous amendment. I tried to indicate those areas where it was acceptable that there should be a proper hearing. It is necessary to spell that out in the Bill and to make it absolutely clear that there can be a situation where it is necessary for there to be a full tribunal hearing, and no regulation should be made in certain areas to allow for fast-track, individual hearings in the way that was discussed earlier in some of these situations. If there is a disputed issue, where the parties cannot agree and major issues are involved, it is necessary that there should be a full hearing. I hope that the Government will be prepared to accept that. I think it is in line with what the Government proposed originally.