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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 28 October 2025

Debate

Employment Rights Bill

Contribution

60B: After Clause 54, insert the following new Clause— “Restriction on the employment of children in industrial undertakings The Secretary of State must, on the day this Act is passed, instruct the Office for Rail and Road and the Health and Safety Executive to draw up guidance on the industrial undertakings which they consider are, and are not, appropriate for people under the age of 18 to carry out when employed by or volunteering for a heritage railway or heritage tramway. (2) This guidance must take into account— (a) the Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920, (b) the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, (c) the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, (d) the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, (e) the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, (f) the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and (g) other relevant legislation. (3) The Office for Rail and Road and the Health and Safety Executive must publish this guidance within six months of the day on which this Act is passed.”

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