HC Deb 24 May 1988 vol 134 c252

Lords amendment: No. 10, in page 11, line 27, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert— (3) Notwithstanding anything in any contract between the employee and the employer, or in any agreement or consent signified by the employee, a deduction made in contravention of this section shall in all cases be treated for the purposes of Part I of the Wages Act 1986 as a deduction in contravention of section 1(1) of that Act.

Mr. Cope

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments Nos. 33 and 56 to 60.

Mr. Cope

Clause 7 deals with the case of an employee certifying to his employer that he has left his union arid that the union is aware of his resignation. The employer must then stop deducting union subscriptions from the employee's remuneration.

In Committee, the Opposition withdrew an amendment after we gave a certain undertaking. Lords amendment No. 10 fulfils that undertaking and achieves what was asked of us by the Opposition in Committee. It ensures that if an employer, having been given notice, continues to make deductions from an employee's wages the employee may go to an industrial tribunal for a declaration and a refund of the deductions incorrectly made, instead of having to apply to a county court, as was provided for in the Bill as originally drafted.

The remaining amendments cover the same point. I recommend the amendments to the House.

Mr. Strang

These are minor and technical amendments, and we do not propose to detain the House on them.

Question put and agreed to.

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