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Employment Act 2008

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Lords, Session 2007-08

Act of Parliament (2)

Full text of the Act of Parliament as passed by Parliament (this is the Act in its original state. The Act may have been amended by another Act and any such amendments are not shown in this version).

Employment Act 2008. c.24. HTML version.
14 November 2008
Employment Act 2008. c.24. PDF version.
14 November 2008

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

Commons Amendments - html version
6 November 2008
Commons
Commons Amendments - pdf version
6 November 2008
Commons
Bill as amended in Public Bill Committee - html version
17 October 2008
Commons
Bill as amended in Public Bill Committee - pdf version
17 October 2008
Commons
Bill as brought from the House of Lords on 3 June 2008 - html version
4 June 2008
Commons
Bill as brought from the House of Lords on 3 June 2008 - pdf version
4 June 2008
Commons
Bill as amended on Report - html version
21 May 2008
Lords
Bill as amended on Report - pdf version
21 May 2008
Lords
HL Bill as Amended in Grand Committee - pdf version
4 April 2008
Lords
HL Bill as Amended in Grand Committee - html version
4 April 2008
Lords
Bill as introduced - html version
7 December 2007
Lords
Bill as introduced - pdf version
7 December 2007
Lords

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

Explanatory Notes to Commons Amendments - pdf version
6 November 2008
Commons
Explanatory Notes to Commons Amendments - html version
6 November 2008
Commons
Explanatory Note to Bill - pdf version
4 June 2008
Commons
Explanatory Note to Bill - html version
4 June 2008
Commons
Explanatory Notes to HL Bill 13 - html version
7 December 2007
Lords
Explanatory Notes to HL Bill 13 - pdf version
7 December 2007
Lords

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

Notice of Amendments as at 4 November 2008
4 November 2008
Commons
Notice of Amendments given up to and including 31 October 2008
3 November 2008
Commons
Notice of Amendments given on 30 October 2008
31 October 2008
Commons
Notice of Amendments given on 29 October 2008
30 October 2008
Commons
Notice of Amendments given on 28 October 2008
29 October 2008
Commons
Notice of Amendments given on 27 October 2008
28 October 2008
Commons
Notice of Amendments given on 23 October 2008
24 October 2008
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendment given on 22 October 2008
23 October 2008
Commons
Notices of Amendments given on 16 October 2008
17 October 2008
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 16 October 2008
16 October 2008
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 14 October 2008
14 October 2008
Commons
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Third Reading as at 30 May 2008
2 June 2008
Lords
Supplementary to the Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 16 May 2008
19 May 2008
Lords
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 15 May 2008
16 May 2008
Lords
Fourth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 1 April 2008
2 April 2008
Lords
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List) as at 31 March 2008
1 April 2008
Lords
Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 11 March 2008
12 March 2008
Lords
Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 21st February 2008
22 February 2008
Lords
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 31st January 2008
1 February 2008
Lords

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

Report Stage Proceedings as at 4 November 2008
5 November 2008
Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings 16 October 2008
17 October 2008
Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings 14 October 2008
15 October 2008
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

Research Paper on Employment Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report
31 October 2008
Commons
Research Paper on Employment Bill [HL]
11 July 2008
Commons
Lords Library Note on the Employment Bill
21 December 2007
Lords

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Committee: 3rd sitting
17 October 2008
Commons
Committee: 4th sitting
17 October 2008
Commons
Committee: 1st sitting
15 October 2008
Commons
Committee: 2nd sitting
15 October 2008
Commons

Lords 1st reading

6 December 2007
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

7 January 2008
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Committee stage: 4th sitting
3 April 2008
Lords
Committee stage : 3rd sitting
13 March 2008
Lords
Committee stage : 2nd sitting
25 February 2008
Lords
Committee stage: 1st sitting
4 February 2008
Lords

Lords Report stage

19 May 2008
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

2 June 2008
Lords

Commons 1st reading

3 June 2008
Commons

Commons 2nd reading

14 July 2008
Commons

Commons Programme motion

Programme motion
14 July 2008
Commons

Commons Money resolution

Money resolution
14 July 2008
Commons

Commons Report stage

4 November 2008
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

4 November 2008
Commons

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons

13 November 2008
Lords

Royal Assent

13 November 2008

Membership of the committee
15 October 2008
Commons