Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Hywel Williams in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 1, in schedule 1, page 12, line 8, at end insert ‘following a pre-appointment hearing by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee of the House of...
I beg to move amendment 22, in clause 2, page 1, line 11, at end add— ‘(3) Where the adjudicator is appointing an arbitrator the following must be taken into...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 19, in clause 4, page 2, line 5, leav e out subsection (1) and insert— ‘(1) The Adjudicator may carry out an investigation where...
[Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (this day): 19, in clause 4, page 2, line 5, leave out subsection (1) and insert— ‘(1) The Adjudicator may carry out an investigation where...
I beg to move amendment 42, in clause 5, page 2, line 21, at end insert— ‘(d) any finding that an investigation should be referred to the Office of Fair...
I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 7, page 2, line 36, at end insert— ‘(2A) If the Adjudicator determines that a recommendation has not been, or is...
I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 8, page 3, line 9, at end insert— ‘(d) where it is to be published.’. We are now moving at breakneck speed...
Investigations: enforcement using financial penalties
[Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (11 December): 44, in clause 9, page 3, line 17, leave out from ‘penalties’ to end of subsection (1).—(Ian Murray.)
Question proposed, That the schedule be the Third schedule to the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 46, in clause 10, page 4, line 10, at end insert— ‘(6) Costs do not form part of financial penalties as described in section...
I beg to move amendment 23, in clause 11, page 4, line 14, af ter ‘to’, insert ‘the public,’. We are now moving at breakneck speed through...
Amendments made: 7, in clause 12, page 4, line 20, le ave out ‘and’. Amendment 8, in clause 12, page 4, line 22, at end...
[Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 16, in clause 13, page 5, line 3, at end add— ‘(2) In considering such changes, the Adjudicator shall review the territorial...
I beg to move amendment 52, in clause 14, page 5, line 12, at end insert— ‘(d) the resources available to the Adjudicator. (e) recommendations made to the...
I beg to move amendment 24, in clause 15, page 5, line 27, after ‘must’, insert ‘appoint an independent Review Panel to’.
[Hywel Williams in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 26, in clause 18, page 7, line 30, after ‘Adjudicator’, insert ‘or the Deputy Adjudicator or any person acting on the Adjudicator’s behalf’.
I beg to move amendment 60, in clause 19, page 8, line 23, at end insert— ‘(5A) Notwithstanding section 25, the Adjudicator must publish the criteria as set...
Amendment made: 12, in clause 23, page 10, line 21, l eave out ‘9(1) or’.—(Jo Swinson.)
I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 26, page 11, line 3, le ave out subsection (2). One of the lovely things about this place that one can move technical...
‘(1) In advance of each annual report prepared under section 14, the Adjudicator shall consider any information received in the preceding year concerning supply relations between suppliers...
‘(1) Within three years of this Act coming into force, the Competition Commission shall conduct a review of the effectiveness of the Act’s provisions with regard to levels of...
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