Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL] Report

My Lords, Clauses 4 to 10 govern how the adjudicator should conduct investigations and carry out ...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 11, which is grouped with Amendment 10, the sensible amendment of ...

My Lords, I do not wish to repeat the arguments made in Committee but I support these two amendme...

My Lords, before the Minister speaks I should perhaps indicate—for the purpose of the record—that...

My Lords, as I said in Committee, the reports that the adjudicator must publish at the end of eac...

My Lords, I am overwhelmed by the scale of my success this afternoon. I suspect I may retire from...

Moved by

Lord Knight of Weymouth

11A: Clause 6, page 2, line 31, at end insert “which...

My Lords, we consider Amendments 15 and 18 to be consequential to Amendment 11A and therefore, if...

My Lords, I am surprised at the noble Lord’s ferocity on this given the record of the previous Go...

My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 15 because I am very much in favour of the immediate applica...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cameron. He has made a clear case and, of...

My Lords, I, too, would prefer to have fines in the Bill from the outset, because I believe, like...

My Lords, I have been very impressed with what I have heard. I did not expect that there would be...

I, too, support this amendment. It seems to me that this clause as it stands, combined with Sched...

Is part of the purpose of the adjudicator that the disadvantaged person should not be identified?...

The person is not necessarily unidentified; that depends on the supplier. I know that those argum...

My Lords, contrary to what has been said by some this afternoon, naming and shaming is a genuine ...

My Lords, I do not want anyone to think we are lukewarm. We introduced this Bill as a priority an...

My Lords, there we have it. The Minister started off by saying she was not lukewarm but then spok...

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

13: Clause 6, page 2, line 31, at end insert—

“(...

Both this amendment and Amendment 14 deal with appeals. The Minister was gracious enough in Commi...

My Lords, I can assure you that my noble friend Lord Howard really is a noble friend, although in...

My Lords, out of consistency I support the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, in Amendment 14. I ...

My Lords, if there is a “naming and shaming” proposal from the adjudicator, according to Clause 8...

My Lords, the question of appeals is important and I can fully understand the desire of my noble ...

I thank the Minister for her remarks. I accept that the High Court would be as good a place as th...

Moved by

Baroness Wilcox

16: Schedule 3, page 15, line 9, leave out paragraphs 4 and ...

My Lords, the question of financial penalties has been central to our deliberations on the Bill. ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for the concession which results from our debate in...

I am delighted to answer the noble Lord’s question. Fines can be introduced within six months or ...

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

21: Clause 11, page 4, line 13, leave out “may” and in...

My Lords, this group of amendments is aimed at making it compulsory for the adjudicator to give a...

My Lords, I intervened briefly in Grand Committee to support my noble friend on part of the amend...

My Lords, I have sympathy for the spirit of all three amendments. On Amendments 21 and 22, we cer...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her remarks, disappointing as they are. Of course, the p...

Moved by

Baroness Wilcox

23: Clause 12, page 4, line 30, at end insert—

“( ) If...

Moved by

Baroness Wilcox

28: Clause 14, page 5, line 16, at end insert—

“( ) Th...

My Lords, I would like to propose government Amendment 28. I am sure that noble Lords will agree,...

My Lords, I am going to mark this one down as a victory for us as we moved a very similar amendme...

Moved by

Lord Knight of Weymouth

30: Clause 16, page 7, line 8, at end insert—

...

My Lords, in moving Amendment, I shall also speak to Amendments 43 and 44. As we interpret the le...

My Lords, I am all in favour of sunset clauses for quangos and for posts that are created. I beli...

My Lords, I fully understand the sentiments behind these amendments. All three parties have expre...

My Lords, that was a brief but interesting debate. I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cam...

Moved by

Lord True

32: Transpose Clause 17 to after Clause 18

My Lords, I have taken the unusual step of tabling an amendment to transpose two clauses—the effe...

My Lords, I support my noble friend. While he was speaking, I looked through these new italicised...

My Lords, as I indicated in Committee, I think the noble Lord, Lord True, has a point. At Second ...

If the Government feel that they need these interrogatory questions put in print, are the Explana...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord True, for bringing forward this interesting amendment. Whi...

I thank my noble friend for that response. Rather like the noble Lord, Lord Browne, I should not ...

Moved by

Lord Browne of Ladyton

33: Clause 18, page 7, line 23, after “Adjudicator” i...

My Lords, if this regime is to work in the way in which all parties in this House intend it to wo...

My Lords, the adjudicator’s obligation to maintain strict standards of confidentiality is integra...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the care that she has again taken to address these is...

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

38: Clause 19, page 8, line 10, at end insert “, and f...

My Lords, the amendment would allow large retailers to be consulted when the levy is set. It seem...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 39, which is in my name. It is of fundamental importance in ...

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment. It seems to me natural justice that when retaile...

My Lords, I am supportive of all the amendments in this group. I suspect that a concession is com...

My Lords, the amendments tabled by my noble friends Lord Howard of Rising and Lord Eccles are one...

I am grateful to my noble friend for indicating that the surplus in one year would be set off aga...

Moved by

Lord Razzall

39: Clause 19, page 8, line 12, leave out from beginning to “ba...

I would like to thank the noble Baroness for her gracious acceptance of this amendment. I beg to ...

Moved by

Lord Razzall

40: Clause 19, page 8, line 24, at end insert “(including any c...