Clause 8
Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]
10:15 am
Jonathan Djanogly (Shadow Solicitor General (Also Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry), Law Officers (Assist the Home Affairs Team); Huntingdon, Conservative)
I hear what the Minister says, and I thank her for her response. She spoke about preserving and underpinning the principle, but if there is no practical or legal reason for it, why should not the Government reconsider the matter? She might like to have another look at it.
We support the principle of moving away from a memorandum. If we are going to go half way—this will come up in later amendments—it could be confusing to have half of it left over. Why not get rid of it and move on? I hear what the Minister says, but she might like to have a rethink before consideration on Report.