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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

I give general support to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson. My noble friend Lord Sharman and I tabled Amendment No. 45, which has the same substance as the amendment tabled by the noble Lord. To a number of people, it seems strange that the legislation permits a public company which has a director, directors and a secretary to execute documents under the signature of the director and the secretary; but where a private company has elected to retain the secretary, the provision will not be the same as for a public company, which would reflect the current position. Whatever wording the Minister thinks would be appropriate, that is the substance of this amendment.