Member

Amendment 142A is not about opposing the policy but helping the Government to deliver it with clarity and legal certainty. As drafted, there is nothing in Clause 27—unless the Minister can correct me—that prevents redundancy numbers being aggregated internationally. That leads to a frankly absurd question: if a company in Texas makes redundancies, does the same company in London have to trigger a collective consultation under UK law? That cannot be the policy intention, yet the Bill as it stands does not stop it. The amendment simply aligns the legislation with what I believe the Government are trying to do. It provides a workable definition of “establishment”, excludes overseas sites from the count and ensures that consultation obligations are properly rooted in UK employment realities, not global operations. My plea to the Government is: let us fix this now, not wait for the courts to do it later.