Clause 84
Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]
2:00 pm
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch, Conservative)
I am grateful for the Minister’s assurance. It was a question of consistency. In similar circumstances, elsewhere in the Bill, shadow directors are liable, but not here. That struck me as odd, and that issue might apply in other parts of the Bill. I am grateful therefore for her assurance because we might have to examine that matter in other cases to ensure that there is not some gap and that shadow directors cannot in some way squeak out of those provisions. I do not think that that is the Government’s intention, however, and in the light of her assurances, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.