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.
[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
I remind the Committee that the debate on the programme motion may last up to half an hour.
I beg to move amendment No. 6, in page 1, line 12, leave out `sixty' and insert `ninety-two'.
I beg to move amendment No. 21, in page 3, line 6, after `(a)', add `not manifestly less than'. The amendment is designed to deal with a technical point rather than a point of principle. The...
I beg to move amendment No. 14, in page 4, line 15, leave out from beginning to end of line 15 on page 6 and insert— `(1) In this section— (a) an ``original right'' is a right to...
I beg to move amendment No. 16, in clause 4, page 6, line 44, leave out `or (4)'. There is a potential drafting error in subsection (3). The words ``or (4)'' seem misconceived. As drafted, the...
`.—Notwithstanding any discrimination between the holders of rights to acquire shares introduced by this Act, no right of action against the Crown shall lie under the Human Rights Act 1998...
`(1) Where a right to acquire shares has been the subject of a notice under section 1 above and the payment of a special contribution under section 2 above, and that right subsequently ceases to...
`.—The service of any notice under section 1 above and the payment of any special contribution under section 2 above, or any decision to not serve any such notice or to not make any such...
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