Clause 681
Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]
1:00 pm
John Bercow (Buckingham, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss clauses 682 to 693 stand part and Government new clauses 376 to 410.
Margaret Hodge (Minister of State (Industry and the Regions), Department of Trade and Industry; Barking, Labour)
I shall be brief. This is a further batch of restated clauses. As things stand, the provisions relating to the ways in which the registrar may strike a company off the register are contained in the 1985 Act, while provisions relating to the ways in which companies, once struck off the register, can be restored to it are contained in the Bill. It is logical to bring together the two sets of provisions, and the new clauses will do so. No change of policy is intended, and as we reflect on the wording of the clauses during the summer, we will ensure that that is the case.
Jonathan Djanogly (Shadow Solicitor General (Also Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry), Law Officers (Assist the Home Affairs Team); Huntingdon, Conservative)
As the Minister says, this is one for the summer.