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Public Bill Committee: 28 June 2012                     

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Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  5,  page  89,  line  13,  at end insert ‘, and

 

( )    

at the end insert “; and

 

(b)    

for the purposes of section 34C, the group constituted

 

in consequence of the reference under section 45 is to

 

be treated as if it were constituted in consequence of

 

a reference under section 22 or (as the case may be)

 

33.”’.

 


 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Clause  21,  page  17,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(13)    

No member involved in the decision making process shall have taken any part in

 

the phase one investigation.’.

 


 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Schedule  12,  page  188,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

the resources which will be assigned to the market study.’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Schedule  12,  page  188,  line  35,  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘3’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  12,  page  188,  line  35,  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘12’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Schedule  12,  page  189,  line  32,  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘3’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 28 June 2012                     

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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  12,  page  189,  line  32,  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘12’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  12,  page  189,  line  41,  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘3’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Schedule  12,  page  189,  line  41,  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘12’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  12,  page  193,  line  15,  after ‘if’, insert ‘the CMA has accepted an

 

undertaking or group of undertakings under section 154 and’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  12,  page  193,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

In subsection (1), after paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(aa)    

any decision not to make a reference under section 131

 

following a consultation in relation to the matter concerned

 

under section 169;”’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  12,  page  194,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘          

In section 179 (review of decisions under Part 4), in subsection (2), before

 

paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(za)    

does not include a decision whether to carry out functions

 

under section 5 in a case where the CMA is, or would have

 

been, required to publish a market study notice (see section

 

130A(1));”.’.

 


 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Schedule  11,  page  183,  line  18,   leave out subsection (5).

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  11,  page  184,  line  42,  after ‘140A(2)’, insert ‘(b)’.


 
 

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Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  11,  page  184,  line  46,  after ‘140A(2)’, insert ‘(b)’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Schedule  11,  page  186,  line  12,   leave out from ‘exceeding’ to end of line 17 and

 

insert—

 

         

‘10 per cent. of the company’s revenues for the previous year, or £30,000

 

whichever is the higher;

 

(ba)    

in the case of any amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, an

 

amount per day exceeding 10 per cent. of the company’s revenues for

 

the previous year, or £15,000 whichever is the higher; and

 

(cb)    

in the case of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to

 

a daily rate, a fixed amount exceeding £30,000 or 10 per cent. of the

 

company’s revenues for the previous year whichever is the higher,

 

         

and an amount per day exceeding £15,000 or 1 per cent. of the company’s

 

revenues for the previous year whichever is the higher, or’.

 


 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  21,  line  24,  after ‘where’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  21,  line  25,  at end insert ‘; or

 

(b)    

the CMA has begun the process of consultation under section 169 in

 

respect of a decision of the kind mentioned in subsection (6)(a)(i) of that

 

section.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  21,  line  30,  after ‘permitted period’, insert ‘, in a case to which this

 

section applies by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (A1),’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  21,  line  42,  after ‘period.’ insert—

 

‘(1B)    

For the purposes of subsection (1), the permitted period, in a case to which this

 

section applies by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (A1), is the period

 

beginning with the date on which the CMA begins the process of consultation

 

concerned and ending with—

 

(a)    

the acceptance by the CMA of an undertaking under section 154 instead

 

of the making of a reference under section 131 in relation to the matter

 

concerned;


 
 

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(b)    

the publication of notice of the fact that the CMA has otherwise decided

 

not to make such a reference in relation to the matter; or

 

(c)    

the making of such a reference in relation to the matter.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  22,  line  28,  leave out ‘In subsection (1A)(a), the’ and insert ‘In this

 

section, a’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  22,  line  33,  leave out ‘subsection (1A)(a)’ and insert ‘this section’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  22,  line  44,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

This section also applies where—

 

(a)    

the CMA has conducted a consultation under section 169 in respect of a

 

decision of the kind mentioned in subsection (6)(a)(i) of that section;

 

(b)    

the CMA has decided that it should make an ordinary reference or a

 

cross-market reference in relation to the matter concerned under section

 

131; and

 

(c)    

an intervention notice under section 139(1) is in force in relation to the

 

matter at the time when the CMA makes that decision.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  leave out lines 3 to 6 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

in a case falling within subsection (1), shall not publish the market study

 

report under section 131B(4) and shall instead, within the period

 

mentioned in section 131B(4), give the report to the Secretary of State;

 

and

 

(c)    

in a case falling within subsection (1A), shall give to the Secretary of

 

State a document containing—

 

(i)    

its decision and the reasons for its decision; and

 

(ii)    

such information as the CMA considers appropriate for

 

facilitating a proper understanding of the reasons for its

 

decision.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  line  13,  leave out ‘contained in the market study report

 

concerned’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  line  20,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  line  23,  leave out ‘contained in the market study report’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 28 June 2012                     

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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  line  37,  leave out ‘market study report concerned contains the

 

decision of the CMA’ and insert ‘decision of the CMA was’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  line  40,  leave out ‘report contains the decision of the CMA’

 

and insert ‘decision of the CMA was’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  line  43,  at beginning insert ‘In a case falling within subsection

 

(1),’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  27,  page  23,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In a case falling within subsection (1A), the Secretary of State shall publish the

 

document given to the Secretary of State by the CMA under subsection (2)(c), at

 

the same time as the Secretary of State makes a reference under this section.’.

 


 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  8,  after ‘notice’, insert ‘or (as the case may be) the

 

consultation under section 169’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  10,  after ‘notice’, insert ‘or (as the case may be) on

 

which the process of consultation began’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  38,  after 140A(2)’ insert ‘(b)’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  41,  at end insert—

 

‘(4BA)    

Subsection (4C) also applies in a case where—

 

(a)    

an intervention notice ceases to be in force in accordance with subsection

 

(4A); and

 

(b)    

the CMA has, before the time at which the notice ceases to be in force—

 

(i)    

decided that it should make an ordinary reference or a cross-

 

market reference under section 131 in relation to the matter

 

concerned; and

 

(ii)    

given a document containing its decision, the reasons for it and

 

such information as the CMA considers appropriate for

 

facilitating a proper understanding of the reasons for its decision

 

to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 140A(2)(c).’.


 
 

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Norman Lamb

 

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Parliamentary Star - white    

Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  47,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  178,  line  22,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  179,  line  33,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  179,  line  38,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  10,  page  181,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

In subsection (7), omit “or (2)(d)”.’.

 


 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  29,  page  28,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

when subsection (2B) is applied, the relevant authority must publish a

 

cost benefit assessment for the measures applied.’.

 


 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

After sub-paragraph 2(4) insert—

 

“(5)    

No member involved in the decision making process shall have taken any

 

part in the investigation.”.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 28 June 2012                     

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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  35,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

In subsection (1), after “at least two undertakings (A and B)”, insert—

 

    

“with the intention of substantially reducing competition.”.’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Clause  39,  page  35,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

in all cases the relevant information about the arrangements is available

 

on the undertakings website under the title “commercial arrangements”.’.

 


 

Norman Lamb

 

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Schedule  15,  page  203,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

omit “to the Competition Commission” (in each place where it

 

occurs), and’.

 


 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

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Clause  48,  page  41,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘“consumers” includes small businesses, up to 50 employees in size.’.

 


 

Norman Lamb

 

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Page  46,  line  34,  leave out Clause 57.

 



 
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