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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 300HA:"Page 129, line 17, at end insert ““to do so””" The noble Lord said: I propose to speak to this grouping of four minor drafting amendments. At present it is not clear whether Clause 290 permits a number of different requests to be made by members where they require a company to circulate a statement. The amendment clarifies that all requests must be to the same effect. Similar amendments cover the equivalent point for Clause 512 in Part 16, which entitles members to require a company to publish an auditor’s statement on the website, and Clause 594 in Part 21, which entitles members to require a company to give notice requiring a person to disclose their interest in the company’s shares. I note that Members of the Committee have tabled Amendment No. 349C to address the same point in Clause 594. I therefore hope that the Opposition will withdraw their amendment and I commend the government amendments. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.