Amendment 43

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - Report (1st Day) – in the House of Lords at 6:46 pm on 11 March 2024.

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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch:

Moved by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

43: Clause 89, page 55, line 32, leave out “, 114 (appeals)”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment, alongside others in my name to Clauses 89 and 103, would revert the relevant Clauses back to the ones first introduced in the House of Commons. This would reinstate judicial review principles as the means by which appeals against penalty decisions are heard, rather than such decisions being determined on the merits.

Photo of Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Shadow Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)

My Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister’s response. This amendment to the way that appeals are processed goes to the heart of our concerns about the Bill. It would revert the wording to the much more sensible wording that the Government had initially in the Commons. We feel that, without our amendment, the corporate lawyers will run rings around the CMA and postpone any delays in the implementation of CMA decisions. This is an important amendment and I therefore wish to test the opinion of the House.

Ayes 204, Noes 192.

Division number 4 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 43

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No: 190 Members of the House of Lords

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Amendment 43 agreed.