Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

My Lords, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, said. Of course none of us wants to rush in and impose an additional heavy bureaucratic burden on companies. We are not doing that with these amendments, but we are seeking to elaborate a little on the main thrust of Amendment No. 196, which we were debating, to add a little more precision as regards environmental responsibilities, as in Amendment No. 194B, and to bring within the net some of the companies that would be excluded from Amendment No. 196. I commend the amendments to my noble friend.