Clause 115
Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
David Howarth (Shadow Minister (Energy), Trade & Industry; Cambridge, Liberal Democrat)
Further to that point of order, Mr. Illsley. We share the concerns of the official Opposition about the time scale that is appropriate for the consolidation, but we have listened to what the Minister said and will reflect carefully on it. However, it seems to us that our original proposal, made by my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) on Second Reading, is the appropriate approach and that the Committee should sit briefly after the recess, simply to deal with the consolidation clauses, in case there are problems and errors.
There is an old saying among French lawyers that to codify is to modify. Some change always happens when an attempt is made at codifying, simply because of the different context. I think that the summer will be needed for thought about that.