Official Report: Minutes of Evidence
Committee for the Economy, meeting on Monday, 8 November 2021
Members present for all or part of the proceedings:
Dr Caoimhe Archibald (Chairperson)
Mr Matthew O'Toole (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr Keith Buchanan
Mr Stewart Dickson
Mr Stephen Dunne
Mr Mike Nesbitt
Mr John O'Dowd
Mr Peter Weir
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill: Clause-by-clause Consideration
The Chairperson (Dr Archibald): We will turn to the formal clause-by-clause consideration of the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill. We will proceed through the clauses and put the Questions on them formally. I advise members that, where there are amendments, I will put the Question on the amendment first. If there is not consensus on the Question, I will ask members to vote through a show of hands and the Clerk will confirm the result of each vote.
Clause 1 (Parental bereavement leave)
Question, That the Committee is content with the amendment, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with the clause, subject to the proposed amendment, put and agreed to.
Clause 2 (Parental bereavement pay)
The Chairperson (Dr Archibald): An amendment to clause 2, on the removal of the 26-week eligibility criteria for parental bereavement pay, has been drafted.
Question put.
The Committee divided:
Ayes 5; Noes 3.
AYES
Dr Archibald, Mr Dickson, Mr Nesbitt, Mr O'Dowd, Mr O'Toole.
NOES
Mr K Buchanan, Mr Dunne, Mr Weir.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with the amendment, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with the clause, subject to the proposed amendments, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 3, put and agreed to.
The Chairperson (Dr Archibald): An amendment to clause 4, on commencement in conjunction with the amendments on the application of miscarriage made to clauses 1 and 2, has been drafted.
Question, That the Committee is content with the amendment, put and agreed to.
The Chairperson (Dr Archibald): A second amendment to clause 4, on commencement in conjunction with amendments on the application of miscarriage made to clauses 1 and 2, has been drafted.
Question, That the Committee is content with the amendment, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with the clause, subject to the proposed amendments, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 5, put and agreed to.
The Chairperson (Dr Archibald): Amendments to do with parental bereavement leave and pay have been drafted for the schedule. The first on Assembly procedures applies to the amendment on the application of miscarriage pay proposed for clause 2.
Question, That the Committee is content with the amendment, put and agreed to.
The Chairperson (Dr Archibald): The second amendment on Assembly procedures applies to the amendment on the application of miscarriage leave proposed for clause 1.
Question, That the Committee is content with the amendment, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with the schedule, subject to the proposed amendments, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with the long title, put and agreed to.