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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

I thank the Minister for that reply. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for her helpful remarks, which have clarified some issues. I accept that there are other means by which this information could be made available. As she said, it is a case of bringing it all together in a convenient way. This is the last of my handful of amendments and my last appearance in Grand Committee, but I hope to reappear on Report. I have felt a little like the third spear-carrier from the left when faced with such Oscar-winning performances of epic dimensions from the Front Benches. All my tiny amendments support the information and rights of smaller shareholders, largely on behalf of those associations that represent small shareholders. I hope that, on Report, we might look to see how the Bill can truly be helpful legislation for the huge army of new shareholders who have joined the shareholding democracy, but who do not yet have the rights and access to the information that they require to participate in what should be the great fun of investment in enterprise. With that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 408 [Requirements as to website availability]: