Member

I have no personal interest in this matter, but, looking to get a bipartisan solution, I wrote to the Minister reviewing this dilemma. She very kindly offered to meet, as she has done throughout this whole period, and met with me, along with the noble Lords, Lord Leong and Lord Katz, and others, and subsequently sent a written response to my letter that made it clear that she recognised the problem but felt that no change was needed. In particular, her response stated that consultation could still take place, and that employers are allowed flexibility in the law which courts will take into account to make smaller rewards. Her letter also stated that what it referred to as the “Redundancy Protection Service”—it is actually the Redundancy Payments Service—will cap payments at 8%.