Debate on bill on Tuesday, 17 October 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Hodge of Barking. The answering member was Alan Duncan.

Companies Bill (HL)

Companies Bill (HL). Debate on programme motion (no 3) for proceedings on report and third reading. Agreed to on division (303 to 231)

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 450 c743-60
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department of Trade and Industry
Procedure: Programme motions
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Companies Bill (HL). As amended in Standing Committee D. (In three volumes).(Bill previously known as Company Law Reform Bill (HL)
Thursday, 20 July 2006
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c744 (Link to this contribution) No, we are not introducing 1,000 new amendments. [Hon. Members: ““How many?””] We are introducing si...; Alan Duncan | 450 c744-5 (Link to this contribution) The House has just heard a highly inadequate justification for a programme motion that curtails deba...; Viscount Hailsham | 450 c745 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made it plain that the Opposition will be perfectly willing to assist the Governm...; Alan Duncan | 450 c745 (Link to this contribution) That option is definitely available to the House, but I doubt whether I will persuade the Minister t...; Viscount Hailsham | 450 c746 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to intrude on my hon. Friend again, but he has spoken of the problems experienced by his ...; Alan Duncan | 450 c746 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. Perhaps I can just pay credit to those on the ...; Patrick Hall | 450 c746 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Lord Garnier | 450 c744 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister concludes her remarks, will she confirm that the Government are introducing 1,00...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c743-4 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That the Order of 6th June 2006 (Company Law Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme)) be vari...; Jonathan Djanogly | 450 c750 (Link to this contribution) The Bill’s gestation period was long. We said that there should be consolidation four years before t...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 450 c750;450 c749-50 (Link to this contribution) In principle I support the Bill, which is well conceived, and I disagree with the hon. Member for Ca...; Viscount Hailsham | 450 c749-50;450 c749 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with my hon. and learned Friend. His comments lead to another point: we could use t...; Lord Garnier | 450 c749 (Link to this contribution) The point that my hon. and learned Friend is making in expressing the criticism that the Government ...; Viscount Hailsham | 450 c748-9 (Link to this contribution) I very much support what was said by my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Duncan), ...; Austin Mitchell | 450 c748 (Link to this contribution) You are, of course, right, Mr. Speaker. I am expressing my pent-up feelings, which would have come o...; Austin Mitchell | 450 c747 (Link to this contribution) I must preface my remarks by saying that I will, of course, vote with the Government on the programm...; Alan Duncan | 450 c746 (Link to this contribution) No. On the basis of the evidence, we ask the House to reject the programme motion and make it clear...; David Howarth | 450 c746-7 (Link to this contribution) I sympathise with what the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Duncan) has just said. The real p...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c754 (Link to this contribution) I have to say to Opposition Members that, by starting the proceedings on Report and Third Reading of...; Philip Dunne | 450 c752 (Link to this contribution) I am the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on corporate governance, which has taken a co...; Lord Garnier | 450 c752 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to embarrass the Minister, but I understand that she is quite close to people who know...; Richard Shepherd | 450 c753-4 (Link to this contribution) I can well understand why the Government have tabled this motion: it has become a habit for them to ...; Shailesh Vara | 450 c752-3 (Link to this contribution) I served on the Standing Committee considering this Bill, and wish to put on the record my concern t...; David Howarth | 450 c750 (Link to this contribution) I did not mean to say that I was against consolidation. I intended to convey that the difficulties t...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 450 c750-1 (Link to this contribution) I may have drawn the wrong conclusion from the hon. Gentleman’s remarks, in which case I am happy to...; Lord Garnier | 450 c751-2 (Link to this contribution) I agree wholeheartedly with the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and Stamford (Mr....; Viscount Hailsham | 450 c752 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that we who practise in the law know that people will say subs...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 450 c750 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. The matter is bipartisan, not tripartisan, because the Liberal Democrats do not appear to ag...; Viscount Hailsham | 450 c755 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Will you confirm that it is the practice of the House, and ...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c755 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that those outside the House who hope that there will be considered scrutiny of the Bill—; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c755 (Link to this contribution) If I have time, I will give way to the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Mr. Davies). The hon....; Robert Smith | 450 c754 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c754 (Link to this contribution) No. The Bill has been developed in a unique way. We have ensured the full involvement of all the in...; Speaker | 450 c754 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that I do not think that the right hon. Lady is going to ...; Shailesh Vara | 450 c754 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c754 (Link to this contribution) No. We have sought and achieved a high degree of consensus on the overwhelming majority of the clau...; Jonathan Djanogly | 450 c755 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving way. The reason that I spoke for two hours on the takeover panel is ...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c755-6 (Link to this contribution) The record will speak for itself. Those who were present when we considered the takeover panel will ...; Speaker | 450 c755 (Link to this contribution) That is not a point of order for the Chair, as the right hon. and learned Gentleman will recognise. ...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 450 c755 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I had intended to give way to the hon. Member for Huntingdon when I f...; Speaker | 450 c747 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is putting a case for or against the Bill—I do not know which—but we are c...
Legislation: Companies Bill (HL) 2005-06
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