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.
[Sandra Osborne in the Chair]
Chris Warner and Adrian Harvey gave evidence.
David Hertzell and Professor Hector MacQueen gave evidence.
Matthew Fell, Paul Downhill and Mike Cherry gave evidence.
[Mr David Amess in the Chair]
Andy Foster and Gordon Ashworth gave evidence.
Martin Lewis gave evidence.
Jenny Willott MP gave evidence.
[Sandra Osborne in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 2, page 2, line 12, at end insert— ‘(b) those who represent businesses with fewer than ten employees and are purchasing...
[Mr David Amess in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 3, page 3, line 1, at end insert— ‘(e) financial services contracts which contain a bill of sale agreement regarding...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 9, page 5, line 28, aft er ‘goods’, insert ‘, or any claim made as to the outcome goods will achieve,’.
I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 11, page 6, line 24, at end insert— ‘(1A) Where a trader is selling goods that have restrictions on who can...
I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 17, page 8, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A) Prior to sale the trader must disclose any— (a) outstanding claims...
[Sandra Osborne in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (13 February): 9, in clause 17, page 8, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A) Prior to sale the trader must disclose any— (a) outstanding claims...
I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 19, page 10, line 6, at end insert— ‘(4A) Where the installation of goods leads to a risk to the consumer, as set out in...
[Mr David Amess in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 20, page 11, line 24, a t end insert— ‘(a) within 30 days of agreeing that a refund is to be paid, and (b) using...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 22, page 13, line 23, a t end insert— ‘(4A) The consumer may defer the commencement of the short term right to...
I beg to move amendment 21, in clause 23, page 14, line 3, le ave out ‘a reasonable time’ and insert ‘30 days, unless an alternative timescale is...
[Mr David Amess in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 25, in clause 24, page 15, line 34, leave out from ‘(12)’ to end of line 39.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 27, in clause 30, page 19, line 26, l eave out ‘states’ and insert ‘sets out in full and clearly understandable...
[Sandra Osborne in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (this day): 27, in clause 30, page 19, line 26, leave out ‘states’ and insert ‘sets out in full and clearly understandable...
I beg to move amendment 45, in clause 33, page 21, line 38, a t end insert— ‘(4A) For the purposes of this legislation, intermediary services which...
I beg to move amendment 28, in clause 34, page 22, line 21, a t end insert— ‘(aa) any claim made by the trader as to the outcome the digital content will...
I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 36, page 23, line 40, a t end insert— ‘(1A) Where a trader is selling digital content that has restrictions on who...
I beg to move amendment 33, in clause 40, page 25, line 31, a t end add— ‘(2A) If the trader becomes aware of digital content that is faulty it is the...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[sandra osborne in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 38, in clause 49, page 30, line 8, at end insert— ‘(1A) In assessing whether the service has been performed with reasonable care and...
[Sandra Osborne in the Chair]
Amendment moved (this day): 47, in clause 49, page 30, line 8, at end insert— ‘(1A) This requirement shall apply to all activities associated with providing a...
I beg to move amendment 40, in clause 50, page 30, line 18, a t end insert— ‘(1B) Prior to the provision of the service or agreeing the contract,...
I beg to move amendment 50, in clause 51, page 30, line 37, l eave out from ‘price’ to end of line 38 and insert ‘for all elements of the service...
I beg to move amendment 55, in clause 52, page 31, line 12, a t end insert— ‘(3A) For the purposes of this Act, where the service provides assistance to...
I beg to move amendment 56, in clause 54, page 31, line 30, a t end insert— ‘(2A) The trader shall provide the consumer with full details of their...
[Mr David Amess in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 59, in clause 55, page 32, line 19, at end insert— ‘(1A) Where the quality of provision of services has been deemed to be hazardous or so poor as to cause the...
I beg to move amendment 62, in clause 56, page 32, line 34, at end insert— ‘(1A) When considering what is an appropriate amount for the purpose of this section, consideration shall be...
I beg to move amendment 44, in schedule 1, page 49, line 30, at end insert—
I beg to move amendment 63, in clause 62, page 35, line 32, a t end insert— ‘(2A) For the purposes of this Act, consumer notices are considered to be any...
I beg to move amendment 70, in clause 63, page 36, line 25, a t end insert— ‘(1A) Where a contract includes a term which is included in either Part 1 or...
[Mr David Amess inthe Chair]
Amendment proposed (this day): 70, in clause 63, page 36, line 25, at end insert— ‘(1A) Where a contract includes a term which is included in either Part 1 or...
Amendment proposed: 64, in schedule 2, page 51, line 37, at end insert— ‘(21) A term which requires a consumer to pay a charge for or be liable for an element of a...
I beg to move amendment 72, in clause 64, page 37, line 19, l eave out from ‘that’ to end of line 23 and insert— ‘the assessment is of the...
I beg to move amendment 74, in clause 68, page 38, line 41, a fter ‘trader’, insert: ‘, which for these purposes includes a provider of financial...
I beg to move amendment 102, in schedule 3, page 55, line 10, at end insert— ‘(5A) The CMA shall publish an annual assessment of the extent of consumer detriment...
[Sandra Osborne in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 76, in schedule 5, page 65, line 13, after ‘under’, insert ‘—(a)’.
I beg to move amendment 87, schedule 6, page 92, line 17, at end insert— 44A In section 44(4) (service of documents)— (a) omit “28(2) or”, and (b) omit...
I beg to move amendment 105, in clause 79, page 42, line 14, a t end insert— ‘(3) For the purposes of the enhanced consumer measures set out in Schedule...
I beg to move amendment 111, in schedule 7, page 102, line 1, leave out ‘a private designated’ and insert ‘an’.
[Mr David Amessin the Chair]
Amendment proposed (this day): 112, in schedule 7, page 102, line 31, at end insert— ‘(8A) Subsection (8B) applies if— (a) an enforcer exercises a function...
I beg to move amendment 109, in clause 80, page 42, line 16, a t end insert— ‘(1A) A year after the commencement of this section, the Secretary of State...
I beg to move amendment 113, in schedule 8 page 103, line 38, after ‘(3)’ insert ‘which a person who has suffered loss or damage may make in civil...
‘(1) This section applies if either— (a) the responsible economic actor has identified that goods supplied present a health and safety risk to the conusmer, or (b) the appropriate...
‘(1) A trader offering unique goods for sale must provide the consumer with information to enable the consumer to directly identify the unique qualities of the good they are purchasing. (2)...
‘(1) The Secretary of State shall be responsible for the licensing of ombudsman services and delegating powers to competent authorities on behalf of the Government to provide effective...
‘On commencement, the Secretary of State will report to Parliament on the work of the Implementation Group on the work to ensure consumers and businesses are adequately informed of the...
‘(1) Within three months of Royal Assent of this Act, the Secretary of State shall set out in guidance requirements for all statutory regulators to provide— (a) formal representation...
[Mr David Amess in the Chair]
‘(1) The Secretary of State must prepare and publish an annual report of the effect of public policy in the area of consumer rights and must lay a copy of the report before Parliament. (2)...
‘(1) Within three months of Royal Assent of this Act the Secretary of State must publish a report detailing how— (a) better outcomes for consumers of public services; and (b) more...
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