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Companies Bill [Lords]

Of course not, because the Government are giving way on a point that we are urging them to give way on. We are therefore very glad that they are doing so, and it would be perverse of us to oppose them. We are going to support that proposal. I accept that there are concerns about how it has been introduced: this is a surprisingly late concession, but late concessions are better than none at all. In addition, it is not surprising that a concession has been made, because this matter was included in the original OFR. Furthermore, there was a clear argument that the drafting of the original clause—it talked about all the matters that were material to the company’s position—by implication included supply chain matters. There is a problem over late concessions, but it is a rather lesser one than would normally apply.