Procurement Bill [HL] - Report (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 7:45 pm on 30 November 2022.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe:
Moved by Baroness Neville-Rolfe
188: Clause 114, page 74, line 24, at end insert—““small and medium-sized enterprises” means suppliers that—(a) have fewer than 250 staff, and(b) have a turnover of an amount less than or equal to £44 million, or a balance sheet total of an amount less than or equal to £38 million;”Member’s explanatory statementThis Amendment would insert a definition of “small and medium-sized enterprises” for the purposes of the Government amendment to Clause 11 and the Government’s new clause after Clause 80 inserting duties in relation to those enterprises.
Amendment 189 (to Amendment 188) not moved.
Amendment 188 agreed.
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Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
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