Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 61ZA in the name of myself and my noble friend Lord Mendelsohn who...

I thank the noble Lord for helping us to probe the effectiveness of Clause 114, which of course w...

I thank the noble Baroness for that reply. I should have said at the outset that I was grateful t...

My Lords, I will repeat and add to the comments made about the UK insolvency regime. It is fair t...

My Lords, I have little to say in response to the substantive points raised, but I would like to ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Flight for his arresting figures on the strength and succe...

I hope that the Committee will allow me to come in after the Minister has spoken—I wanted to hear...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her helpful and constructive response. I am particularly pleas...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

61ZB: Clause 118, page 96, line 7, leave out “th...

My Lords, Amendments 61ZB and 61ADG are in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Mendelsohn, w...

My Lords, the Government’s aim in Schedules 9 and 10 is to create a more efficient process for th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord and my noble friend for these amendments. I hope that I have und...

I thank the Minister for her comments. In answer to her direct question of whether she interprete...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

61ZC: Clause 119, page 96, line 27, at end inser...

In moving Amendment 61ZC, I shall also speak to Amendment 61ZD in my name and that of my noble fr...

My Lords, my nine amendments in this group also relate to creditor meetings. The Government’s aim...

I rise to support my noble friend Lord Flight—I do not want to get into the habit but in this ins...

My Lords, I, too, am sympathetic to a lot of what my noble friend Lord Flight said and what the F...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. These are important amendments that t...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for agreeing to reconsider the thresholds. I say simply t...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. I think that together we have arrived at a...

I would like to inform noble Lords that I have broadband. I do not have mobile, which is actually...

Now we know that to be successful in the world of business is to be selective in the use of your ...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61A: Schedule 9, page 235, line 32, leave out “has effect” and in...

My Lords, this is a group of technical amendments to the provisions in the Bill relating to decis...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61B: Schedule 9, page 240, line 7, at end insert—

“( ) In p...

In calling Amendment 61DA, if this is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 61E to 61L inclusive by...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61E: Schedule 9, page 242, line 19, at end insert—

“(4) Aft...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61M: Schedule 9, page 248, leave out line 8 and insert—

“(a...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61V: Schedule 9, page 257, line 2, at end insert—

“( ) for ...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61W: Schedule 9, page 257, line 7, leave out from beginning to en...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61X: Schedule 9, page 257, line 16, after third “the” insert “ban...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61Y: Schedule 9, page 257, line 22, leave out from “subsection” t...

Moved by

Lord Mitchell

61ADA: Clause 125, page 103, line 40, after “(administration)”...

My Lords, I will be dealing with this in place of my noble friends Lord Stevenson and Lord Mendel...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 61ADD, which would bring in these powers more quickly. ...

My Lords, I think there is a consensus that pre-packs need to be cleaned up, as it were. However,...

My Lords, if we cast our minds back some five or six years, all the professions at that time fore...

My Lords, it is good that Gibraltar has ensured that we can enjoy the experience and comments of ...

I thank the Minister for her reply. We all know what we want in this: to make it work, to make it...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

61ADE: Clause 128, page 105, line 40, leave out ...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 61ADE, I will also speak to Amendment 61ADF, which is in my name an...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for tabling these amendments to Clauses 128 and...

I am grateful to the Minister for his comments. I understand the point that while consultation is...

Moved by

Lord Popat

61AE: Clause 136, page 116, line 2, at end insert—

“(2) In ...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

61AF: After Clause 141, insert the following...

My Lords, this amendment stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Stevenson. I welcome ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, for Amendment 61AF, which proposes an approved...

I thank the Minister for that. I agree with what she said about the complaints gateway. If we cou...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

61AG: After Clause 143, insert the following new...

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and that of my now lost noble friend Lord Mendelsohn. Give...

My Lords, I am glad to have this opportunity to debate Chapter 11, and am only sorry that some ot...

I thank the Minister for those comments. I was indeed hoping that we would be able to have a broa...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

61AH: After Clause 143, insert the following new...

My Lords, I promised when I introduced the last amendment that I would have no truck with any men...

My Lords, I start by paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for building up StepChange...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her kind words about me and my contribution to StepChange. I a...