Member

Amendment 273G would require courts seeking to order LME measures to consider that such would be proportionate, as well as just and reasonable. Amendment 273H would increase the period in which employers can respond to a request for an LME undertaking before the Secretary of State is empowered to seek an order from 14 days to 28 days. This would again aid compliance by allowing businesses time to think through how they can best achieve compliance with the regime as a part of their broader strategy. Amendment 273I would mean that the Secretary of State could not agree a longer negotiating period than the ordinary one stipulated in Clause 121(3)(a). Amendment 273H and 273I together would provide helpful certainty for businesses, for them to have a slightly longer fixed period, rather than a discretionary power.