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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and I am grateful for the illumination, which I had not fully appreciated, that the provisions relating to the FRRP apply only to information that it obtains compulsorily; I shall reflect on that. However, I believe that the word ““private”” is used elsewhere in clauses dealing with information going through gateways and that it is a general problem because it has not been defined. I am not sure whether the Minister’s answer is necessarily correct—not that I seek to suggest that he has given the wrong answer with any deliberate intent. I shall certainly consider his reply with my advisers and I hope that he, too, will look at this again. It is important that there should be a general understanding, because we are talking about the rights of individuals. For today, however, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 444 [Permitted disclosure of information obtained under compulsory powers]: