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Employment Bill [HL]

The noble Lord is absolutely right on this occasion, first, to have insisted on his right to have the amendments printed and, secondly, to have listened to the advice of his noble friend the Leader of the House. He is right in saying that only the House can decide on this matter, but, by tradition—I speak as someone who has been here as long as the noble Lord and almost as long as the noble Baroness, Lady Turner—we take the advice of the Leader of the House on these matters. The noble Baroness the Leader of the House has given that advice and it is therefore our duty to take it.