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Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Wednesday, 1 March 2006, in the House of Lords.

Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

Company Law Reform Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage sixth day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Room 3A/4B). Clauses 288-399 agreed to, clauses 290,291,295,296,298,313,314,324,330,339,358,365,366,373 and 374 as amended.

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679 c121-88GC 
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2005-06
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Department of Trade and Industry
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Committee stage
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House of Lords Grand Committee
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Lord Sharman | 679 c174GC (Link to this contribution) My name and that of my noble friend Lord Razzall are attached to these two amendments. I will not, b...
Lord Razzall | 679 c149-50GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 339, as amended, agr...
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Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c150GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301ZD:"Page 151, line 9, at end insert—" ““(   )   A resolution conferring aut...
Lord Sharman | 679 c135-6GC (Link to this contribution) I have listened very carefully to all sides of this debate. I endorse entirely what the noble Lord, ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c135GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the Minister could address—not necessarily this afternoon, but with his officials when he co...
Viscount Allenby of Megiddo | 679 c136GC (Link to this contribution) The Question is that Clause 328 stand part of the Bill. As many as are of that opinion will say, ““C...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c133GC (Link to this contribution) The policy was further endorsed by Paul Myners in his Review of the impediments to voting UK shares....
Lord Sharman | 679 c133GC (Link to this contribution) Our names are added to Clause 322 stand part, in which case there is a complete anomaly. That clause...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 679 c180GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend. Does he agree that what happens in the top echelons of a company r...
Lord Sharman | 679 c183-4GC (Link to this contribution) I too believe that transparency is absolutely essential in these matters. While listening to the deb...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 679 c187GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to know the present position, before Deloitte & Touche make its report.
Lord Clinton-Davis | 679 c187GC (Link to this contribution) I fear that I may have misrepresented the position I take. I want to know the present position befor...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c188GC (Link to this contribution) This may be a convenient time for the Committee to adjourn until Tuesday 7 March at 3.30 pm in the M...
Viscount Allenby of Megiddo | 679 c121GC (Link to this contribution) I have been asked to remind the Committee that, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are s...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c122GC (Link to this contribution) The answer to that question is very simple. This is referring not to any previous Companies Act, but...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c122-3GC (Link to this contribution) I accept what the Minister said; in fact, he gave a far more thorough response to my inquiry than I ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c125GC (Link to this contribution) I just wanted to make sure that the negative was included to avoid future confusion. I think that th...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c123-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300L:"After Clause 291, insert the following new clause—" ““EXPENSES OF CIRCUL...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c178-80GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 308:"Page 181, line 13, at end insert—" ““(   )   Where the company is not a s...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c165GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that explanation. This is obviously an issue which goes quite wide. I suppo...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c161-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301H:"Page 169, line 3, leave out ““allowed for delivering its individual accoun...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c162-3GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 302:"Page 172, line 34, at end insert ““always providing that such undertakings ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c161GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301FA:"Page 164, line 25, leave out ““of the company”” and insert—" ““(a)   in...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c160-1GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301F:"Page 164, line 8, leave out from second ““period”” to ““has”” in line 9 an...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c167GC (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to add my name to the amendment so ably moved by my noble kinsman Lady Thornton. I simp...
Baroness Thornton | 679 c172GC (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for his detailed and thoughtful response. Perhaps I may quickly refer to the...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c169GC (Link to this contribution) It is very interesting that the noble Lord should say that. He needs to address his comments to the ...
Lord Whitty | 679 c167-8GC (Link to this contribution) My name is also attached to this group of amendments. Previous speakers have covered most of the poi...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c172-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 307A:"Page 178, line 34, at end insert—" ““(9)   The directors responsible for...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c151GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that positive response. Concern has been expressed because Clause ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c155GC (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with the Minister’s first statement—that we will not have a meeting of the minds o...
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 679 c155GC (Link to this contribution) I can envisage a situation in which some of the directors of a subsidiary company are, let us say fo...
Lord Razzall | 679 c156GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301DZB:"Page 155, line 22, after ““donation”” insert ““or political expenditure”...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c156GC (Link to this contribution) We do not see these as just drafting amendments. The Government are not persuaded by them. We believ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c157GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301DA:"Page 159, line 17, leave out ““that year”” and insert ““the accounting re...
Lord Razzall | 679 c142-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301ZZB:"Page 149, line 17, leave out subsection (2)." The noble Lord said: The ...
Lord Razzall | 679 c141GC (Link to this contribution) So far as my amendment is concerned, we thought that this was simply a question of drafting, and I a...
Lord Razzall | 679 c145-6GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, that is a very helpful answer—especially the Minister’s first point that the Electoral Commissi...
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 679 c144GC (Link to this contribution) I did not want to interrupt the noble Lord—but, for the avoidance of doubt, yes, I was on the Commit...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c144-5GC (Link to this contribution) As I have explained, the regime for the control of political donations and expenditure by companies ...
Lord Razzall | 679 c148-9GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301ZC:"Page 151, line 2, at end insert—" ““(   )   If in proceedings brought b...
Lord Razzall | 679 c150GC (Link to this contribution) I wish to speak to the amendments standing in my name and that of my noble friend. The noble Lord, L...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c136GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300V:"Page 144, line 26, at end insert ““(in Scotland, an interdict or an order ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c136GC (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I am going to produce a mouse rather than a mountain. Clause 328 is on the power of...
Lord Sharman | 679 c133-4GC (Link to this contribution) Could I seek further clarification on that? If I remember rightly—I do not have the papers in front ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c138GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdraw...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c138-9GC (Link to this contribution) We have tabled two amendments in this group, Amendments Nos. 301ZZE and 301ZZF. They address the sec...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c140-1GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to speak before the noble Lord, Lord Razzall, decides what to do with his amendment. I ...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c133GC (Link to this contribution) Could the noble Lord give examples that have arisen in this connection? I do not think that I can re...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c133GC (Link to this contribution) I shall deal with that last point first: it gives him the right to attend if he has been appointed b...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c131GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300U:"After Clause 314, insert the following new clause—" ““PUBLIC COMPANIES: ...
Lord Sharman | 679 c130-1GC (Link to this contribution) In that case, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Lord Clinton-Davis | 679 c181GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to support what my noble friend has said. If the man or woman in the street is to unde...
Lord Whitty | 679 c181-2GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to register my support for my noble friend’s amendments and in doing so raise a broade...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c180-1GC (Link to this contribution) I am glad to agree with my noble friend. That is exactly what I want to do, and my noble friends in ...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c186GC (Link to this contribution) I have to say that I am not very impressed with my noble friend’s Treasury brief. Does he have nothi...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c188GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 396 agreed to. Clau...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c123GC (Link to this contribution) Let us have a look at this. We will see whether there is confusion on that and pick it up later on. ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c127GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300QB:"Page 137, line 41, at end insert—" ““(   )   A private company is not r...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c125-6GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 296 replaces Section 373 of the 1985 Act. Subsection (1) restricts companies’ ability, throug...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c123GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300I:"Page 129, line 37, leave out subsections (5) and (6)." On Question, amend...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c129-30GC (Link to this contribution) I accept the argument. All these measures have their imperfections, and volatility is clearly one of...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c176-7GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister replies to my noble friend, I urge him to listen to her last remarks about the s...
Lord Sharman | 679 c177GC (Link to this contribution) My views on the OFR are well known; I am a great supporter of it. It is the one thing that has moved...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c177-8GC (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for initiating this debate on the operating and ...
Baroness Thornton | 679 c165-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 305A:"Page 178, line 20, leave out ““where appropriate,””" The noble Baroness s...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c161GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301G:"Page 167, line 26, leave out ““allowed for delivering its individual accou...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c160GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that comprehensive response. I shall certainly ask the institute to read Ha...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c158-60GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 359 sets out the general duty to keep accounting records. Such records must be sufficient to ...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c170GC (Link to this contribution) I add just one more word. It is not my contention that Clause 156 goes a great distance towards the ...
Lord Sharman | 679 c169-70GC (Link to this contribution) I wish to add to what has been said. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson. I shall reread the r...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c169GC (Link to this contribution) I very much doubt whether my noble friend will say that, certainly not in the provocative terms just...
Lord Razzall | 679 c152-3GC (Link to this contribution) I follow the argument the Minister makes, but I still do not understand why the liability for an una...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c153GC (Link to this contribution) There may be a misunderstanding. We are not suggesting that if the directors of the subsidiary compa...
Viscount Ullswater | 679 c152GC (Link to this contribution) I must advise the Committee that if this amendment is agreed to, I shall be unable to call Amendment...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c152GC (Link to this contribution) We believe it is essential that political donations or expenditure by subsidiary companies are autho...
Lord Razzall | 679 c153GC (Link to this contribution) I will obviously think about what the Minister says. I think that it is a novel proposition. Why sho...
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 679 c155GC (Link to this contribution) Or you could cite another party should you wish to do so. But it would be very unfair. In this case,...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c155GC (Link to this contribution) Would it be possible to make a provision for different subsidiaries to make donations to different p...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c155-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for that very practical example. I will leave the noble Lord, Lord ...
Viscount Ullswater | 679 c144GC (Link to this contribution) I must advise the Committee that, if this amendment is agreed to, I shall be unable to call Amendmen...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c147GC (Link to this contribution) It is important that donations and expenditure are authorised by the company’s members, not by the b...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c147-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. I can safely say that it was the response that I was expecting. It is...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c149GC (Link to this contribution) The Bill introduces important changes to the rules on ratification and liability in cases of unautho...
Lord Razzall | 679 c149GC (Link to this contribution) In moving the amendment I should have referred to my Amendment No. 301DZJ, which deals with ratifica...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c148GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301ZA:"Page 150, line 34, leave out from first ““of”” to end of line 35 and inse...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c150-1GC (Link to this contribution) These amendments highlight an area where the Government have responded to business concerns that the...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c134-5GC (Link to this contribution) We will give further thought to that issue and the extent of it, but I have been assured that there ...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c138GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301:"Page 146, line 40, after ““evidence”” insert ““(in Scotland, sufficient evi...
Lord Razzall | 679 c138GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301ZZA:"Page 149, line 5, leave out subsection (4)." The noble Lord said: We ha...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c141GC (Link to this contribution) Without being drawn to respond specifically to the noble Lord’s example, I should say that the defin...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c136-7GC (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Chairman obviously does not want to have this clause debated. The provisions of Chapter 5...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c137-8GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 329(1)(a) requires all companies to maintain records comprising copies of resolutions passed ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c137GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300W:"Page 146, line 24, at end insert ““or records made pursuant to section 330...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c132-3GC (Link to this contribution) I have a number of clause stand part debates in this group, and I shall speak to those now. We are r...
Lord Sharman | 679 c132GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300UA:"Page 140, line 7, leave out subsection (1)." The noble Lord said: In mov...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c131-2GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 315 requires quoted companies to disclose on a website the results of all polls taken at a ge...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c183GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. Presumably in her view of company law—and this i...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c183GC (Link to this contribution) I sought to confine myself at the moment to Amendment No. 308, which asks for a committee to be set ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c121GC (Link to this contribution) This probing matter has been brought to our attention by people involved in the company law world as...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c126GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300N:"Page 131, line 34, leave out third ““a”” and insert ““any such””" On Ques...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c125GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300MA:"Page 131, line 32, leave out paragraph (b)." The noble Lord said: Clause...
Lord Sharman | 679 c126GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300NA:"Page 132, line 2, at end insert—" ““(   )   For the purposes of this se...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c126GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Sharman and Lord Razzall, for tabling this amendment, and rai...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c125GC (Link to this contribution) Certainly the wording is as the noble Lord says. Subsection (3) should read:"““This section does not...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c123GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300HA:"Page 129, line 17, at end insert ““to do so””" The noble Lord said: I pr...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c124GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300M:"Page 131, line 26, after ““and”” insert ““the demand””" The noble Lord sa...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c124GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the Minister said the right words. He said, ““And the demand is subsequently wit...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c124GC (Link to this contribution) I think the wording is,"““and the demand is not subsequently withdrawn””." Am I right?
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c124GC (Link to this contribution) Certainly the text should read,"““and the demand is not subsequently withdrawn””."
Lord Sharman | 679 c130GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300TA:"Page 139, line 13, leave out ““statement”” and insert ““resolution””" Th...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c130GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 300S and 300T:"Page 139, line 8, at end insert—" ““(   )   Subsection (1) ha...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c130GC (Link to this contribution) We can deal with this very quickly. Government Amendment No. 300T removes Clause 314(3), which conta...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c175GC (Link to this contribution) I had hoped for a little more warmth from the Minister today. I feel a little disappointed that he i...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c174-5GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, has tabled some important amendments relating to safe harbours for ...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c175-6GC (Link to this contribution) I have grouped the stand part debates on Clauses 393 to 395, 442 and 484, which deal with the OFR, f...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c177GC (Link to this contribution) I am quite sure that if I were to agree with the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, on this question and if h...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c163-5GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments Nos. 302 to 305 all seek to amend Clause 382, ““Information about related undertakings””....
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c170-2GC (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak. I felt that perhaps the Government were not to be ...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c168-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am very glad to follow the intervention from the noble Baroness because it illustrates that conseq...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c168GC (Link to this contribution) I inquire of those who support the amendments whether they have given any consideration to the costs...
Lord Razzall | 679 c151-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301CB:"Page 152, line 7, leave out paragraph (b)." The noble Lord said: This am...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c154-5GC (Link to this contribution) I suspect that we will not have a meeting of minds on this point today. We accept that it is a gener...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c153-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301CC:"Page 152, line 8, at end insert—" ““and who were, in either case, direc...
Lord Razzall | 679 c156-7GC (Link to this contribution) I had a good try. I shall read what the Minister said. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c157-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301E:"Page 159, line 39, leave out paragraphs (a) to (c) and insert ““to ensure ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c141GC (Link to this contribution) I understand absolutely what the Minister is saying and I accept that technically he is quite right....
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c146-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 301ZZG:"Page 150, line 25, at end insert—" ““(   )   alternatively, in either ...
Lord Razzall | 679 c148GC (Link to this contribution) had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 301ZB:"Page 150, line 34, after first ““of””...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c149GC (Link to this contribution) We think it unnecessary to make a specific reference but shall give some consideration to the matter...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c139-40GC (Link to this contribution) It may be helpful if I begin by reminding the Committee of the provenance of this part of the Bill. ...
Viscount Allenby of Megiddo | 679 c131GC (Link to this contribution) That amendment should have been pre-empted. We will brush over that one. Clause 314, as amended, ag...
Lord Sharman | 679 c131GC (Link to this contribution) The purpose here is to relieve companies of an unnecessary statutory requirement. This clause requir...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c182-3GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is entitled to that view in relation to this Bill. We agree with the noble Lords, Lo...
Baroness Noakes | 679 c182GC (Link to this contribution) I want to make a few comments about this. I would say to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, that this is a...
Lord Whitty | 679 c182GC (Link to this contribution) When we consider legislation in this place, we ought to consider its impact in rather wider terms th...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c187GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend, with respect, may misunderstand. Deloitte & Touche has made its report, the outcome...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 679 c184GC (Link to this contribution) Would the noble Lord say that that is typical of all companies, or only typical of the companies on ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c187GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the best thing that I can do to help my noble friend is ensure that he receives a copy of th...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 679 c186-7GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister replies to my noble friend Lord Lea’s highly relevant question, I must say that ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c185-6GC (Link to this contribution) I will try to do so in finishing this presentation, but if my noble friend thinks that at the end of...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 679 c185GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend speaks of very high compliance. Will he give further and better particulars?
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c184-5GC (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the debate, which has been interesting, although it...
Lord Sharman | 679 c184GC (Link to this contribution) I would not say that it is typical of all companies, because not all companies have remuneration com...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c187GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may explain the situation again. The report is not one that, essentially, will be implemen...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 679 c188GC (Link to this contribution) I want to make it clear on the record that I did not say that the Government do not have a policy on...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 679 c187-8GC (Link to this contribution) The Government will rue the day when they say in public that they have no policy on directors year a...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c128GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister, as I am grateful for his understanding of what he thought I said, eve...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c127-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am slightly puzzled because, as I read it, the amendment says something slightly different from wh...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c126GC (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I am disappointed with the Minister’s response. The example that we gave—again, fro...
Lord Sharman | 679 c126-7GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendmen...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c127GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 300P and 300Q:"Page 132, line 14, leave out ““shareholder”” and insert ““membe...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c123GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 300J and 300K:"Page 130, line 8, after ““to”” insert ““section (Expenses of ci...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c124GC (Link to this contribution) I was reading accurately from my script and I was therefore wrong.
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c129GC (Link to this contribution) This amendment seeks to increase one of the thresholds required for members to propose a resolution ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 679 c128-9GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300QC:"Page 138, line 27, leave out from ““company”” to end of line 28 and inser...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 679 c130GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 300R:"Page 138, line 37, leave out subsections (5) and (6)." On Question, amend...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Audit Accountancy Company law Companies Directors Absent voting Liability Donors Expenditure Members Political parties Public companies Public records Meetings Voting methods Shareholders Rules of procedure
Legislation
Company Law Reform Bill (HL) 2005-06
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