We have between now and 4 o’clock to have that discussion. What I have clearly set out is in line with what the hon. Gentleman wanted in Committee, which was for smaller companies to be excluded. As I have said, he made the very reasonable and rational point that there were some companies—this deals with the intervention from my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Richard Fuller)—that had in excess of 400 tied pubs, for example, and it might seem strange to people that such companies would not be covered. We listened in Committee and now propose that the threshold should be 350 tied pubs, rather than 500. I think that it is a positive thing that the Government have listened to the views of hon. Members and responded accordingly.
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jo Swinson
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 18 November 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.
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