Clause 17 - Claims on behalf of consumers
Enterprise Bill
3:15 pm
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 70, page 8, line 33, after 'specified', insert 'consumer'.
We have been pretty good so far at avoiding unnecessary stand part debates and I am sure that we will continue to do so, as they can be repetitive and tedious, in stark contrast to the debates on the amendments. With your leave, Mr. Conway, I intend to deal narrowly with the amendments in the hope that fortune might shine on me and you might allow a stand part debate on clause 17. I thought that I should say that now.
The amendment is straightforward. It would simply insert the word ''consumer'', so that the provision would relate to a ''specified consumer body''. It is in the spirit of both the clause and legislation to make that clear and I cannot see why it would be
objectionable. I will be surprised if the Under-Secretary does not accept it with enthusiasm.