Clause 17 - Claims on behalf of consumers
Enterprise Bill
3:30 pm
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster, Conservative)
I appreciate that any number will be arbitrary, but in various areas of life, be it nomination papers for parliamentary or council elections or petitions to go to local councils, a certain number is often needed. To have simply two for such an important class action seems rather low. I accept that even if one had a dozen or 50 names there would be the risk—although surely a lesser risk—of a vexatious claim by a small group of people who just wished to cause difficulties and managed to get a specified consumer body on side to promote their claim. Two seems far too low a number.