Clause 70 - Effect of undertakings under section 69
Enterprise Bill
10:30 am
Mr Douglas Alexander (Minister of State (E-Commerce and Competitiveness), Department of Trade and Industry; Paisley South, Labour)
The example that comes to mind is when parties cannot fulfil requirements to notify information on prices, for example, without having to publish everything in writing in great detail. I hope that there is unanimity in the Committee on wanting to minimise the burdens on businesses, and that amendment No. 181 is seen for what it is: an attempt to support the broad thrust of the Bill, which is to
assist businesses and, when it is unnecessary, not to require vast wads of paperwork.
Given the concern about and interest in amendment No. 181, I should comment on amendment No. 193. It amends schedule 7, which sets out the remedies that may be included in a final order. Under the schedule, an order may require the notification of prices. The amendment ensures that notification has the same meaning in the schedule as elsewhere in the Bill: it need not be in writing.
These are primarily technical amendments, but the changes are important to protect businesses in their dealings with the authorities and to give them the comfort with which we want to provide them.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 70, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.