Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

I thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Deben, for refer...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

33P: Clause 22, page 21, line 42, leave out subs...

My Lords, to be clear, this is a probing amendment, which could be called the “lowest minded” of ...

My Lords, what the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, said reinforces my view that the question of impac...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for tabling this probing amendment. To answer his quest...

My Lords, I prefaced what I said by saying that it was a very low-minded question. I hoped that I...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

33Q: Clause 23, page 23, line 30, leave out from...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 33Q and the others in the group, I think that this is probably...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for his questions and for allowing us to debate...

That is, of course, true and I have read that. Clause 27(2) specifies that, but Clause 27(3) says...

The noble Lord has anticipated me. Voluntary shops presumably would be covered, but I will come o...

Not quite. I do not think that it is reassuring. I am getting more and more like the noble Viscou...

We are building on existing good practice, which I have explained. If small bodies such as the on...

I appreciate what the Minister is saying, but I do not see a de minimis provision here. Perhaps t...

My Lords, given the concern that has been raised and given that, as the noble Lord, Lord Stevenso...

My Lords, I have found myself in support of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, on other occasions. I...

My Lords, I think that my interests in this are understood by most in the Room, in that I chair t...

My Lords, that is helpful and a conversation around some of these issues might be revealing. Whil...

Moved by

Lord Mendelsohn

33BC: Clause 33, page 29, line 12, after the second “busines...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 33BC, I will speak also to Amendments 33BD and 33 BG. The amendment...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for taking us back to the question of definitions in th...

My Lords, I want to reinforce some of what my noble friend the Minister has just said with regard...

I thank the Minister for her reply. The noble Lord, Lord Cope, made an important point about the ...

Moved by

Lord Mendelsohn

33BE: Clause 33, page 29, line 28, at end insert—

“( )...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 33BE I will also speak to Amendment 33BF. For veteran observers of ...

My Lords, I ask my noble friend to take very seriously the issues which are raised here. I look a...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his amendments on treating businesses as consumers. Like my ...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Deben, for his powerful speech in Committee. I strongly agree with h...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

33BH: Clause 35, page 32, line 27, at end in...

My Lords, Amendment 33BH stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Stevenson. It deals w...

My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, back to the Dispatch Box on the Bill. I star...

My Lords, it was not meant as a probing amendment at all. It was tabled because the very senior a...

The noble Baroness is rightly concerned about this question ending up in court with lots of legal...

That is why we thought it should go in the Bill rather than waiting for regulations. I think that...

I do not have the figure that the noble Baroness would like, so I shall write to her. However, th...

Existing businesses that will lose the right to secure tenure are those where the landlord has ac...

Before calling Amendment 34, I must advise the Grand Committee that if it is agreed to I will not...

Moved by

Lord Popat

34: Clause 35, page 32, line 36, leave out from “instrument” to e...

My Lords, amendments to Clause 35 will help to clarify the definition of home businesses to be ca...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

35: After Clause 35, insert the following new Clause—...

Moved by

Lord Cromwell

35A: After Clause 35, insert the following new Clause—

“...

My Lords, I apologise most sincerely that events conspired so that I was unable to attend earlier...

My Lords, I was tempted to intervene in the last debate that we had on the amendment of the noble...

I have to disillusion the noble Lord but I am very grateful for his support. I must disabuse him ...

I do not take away from my comments because that is exactly how I was behaving in those elections...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, raises an interesting point. Before I go any further, I ...

My Lords, we should be very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, for raising this question....

My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, to the Committee and thank him for joining our...

I was referring not to that issue, but to the issue of clearing up the connection between busines...

And capital gains tax.

Yes, the capital gains tax element becomes very serious in that regard. I know that my noble frie...

I understand what my noble friend says. He is talking about untoward effects, which we are not in...

I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her comments and to the range of speakers for the br...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

35B: Clause 36, page 33, line 31, leave out ...

My Lords, the amendment is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Stevenson. I shall speak a...

I did not intend to speak on this but the noble Baroness has referred to me so often. I had bette...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for having joined your Lordships so late that you seemed t...

There is a fundamental difference between saying that the CMA should consult with a range of bodi...

My Lords, we have limited time as we are in Committee so I will only take a moment. It is certain...

My Lords, I apologise for not being here at the beginning of proceedings, but I have to intervene...

My Lords, Clause 36 is important and I thank the noble Baroness for providing us with an opportun...

I thank the Minister but her suspicions, as ever, are completely accurate. We do not agree.