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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

When the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General replies to my noble friend, will he also address the issue of why companies make acquisitions? When they make acquisitions, a lot of the desirable consequences laid out in Clause 156(3) are set at nought in the sense that the position of some of their existing suppliers may be changed or the position of their operations in this country might be changed. The points made by my noble friend are absolutely right, but I would be grateful if we could take it one step further and talk about a company that was growing by acquisition and how that has an impact on Clause 156(3).