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Session 2012 - 13
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House of Commons

Thursday 5 July 2012

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

[TENTH and ELEVENTH SITTINGS]

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Negatived on division  70

Clause  18,  page  12,  line  38,  after ‘the’, insert ‘long-term’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Withdrawn  73

Schedule  4,  page  60,  line  22,  at end insert—

  ‘(1A)
The Chair shall be subject to approval by a Select Committee of Parliament.’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Withdrawn  71

Schedule  4,  page  60,  line  27,  after ‘one’, insert ‘and no more than three’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Withdrawn  72

Schedule  4,  page  60,  line  35,  at end insert—

    ‘(8)
Of the persons appointed to membership of the CMA Board under sub-

paragraph (1)(b) at least one must be a member of the Consumer Focus board

or other representative of consumers as designated by the Secretary of State.’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 5 July 2012
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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Withdrawn  74

Schedule  4,  page  61,  line  26,  at end insert—

    ‘(4)
No member of the CMA shall receive remuneration that is more than 20 times

that of another member of the CMA.

      (5)
No person shall hold any position set out in sub-paragraph 1(1) and sub-

paragraph 9(1) (the “chief executive”) for longer than a period of six months

without being in the direct employment of the CMA.’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Not called  75

Schedule  4,  page  62,  line  11,  at end insert—

  ‘(2A)
The Chief Executive shall be subject to approval by a Select Committee of

Parliament.’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Negatived on division  78

Schedule  4,  page  62,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘11A
The CMA is to have a unit dedicated to matters affecting competition issues

amongst small and medium-sized enterprises.’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Not called  76

Schedule  4,  page  62,  line  38,  after ‘financial’, insert ‘and human’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Not called  77

Schedule  4,  page  62,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘(c)
set out the consumer benefit which will be achieved as a result of the

objectives and priorities as set out in 2(a).’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Not called  79

Schedule  4,  page  62,  line  40,  at end add ‘and brought to the attention of the relevant

select committee.’.

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Not called  80

Schedule  4,  page  63,  line  23,  after ‘financial’, insert ‘and human’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 5 July 2012
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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

Mr Iain Wright

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Negatived on division  81

Schedule  4,  page  63,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(f)
an assessment of the consumer benefit realised during the year;

(g)
an assessment of the level of organisational separation between first

and second phase activities in the CMA;

(h)
an assessment of the performance of each of the sector regulators in

using their competition powers to address competition issues in their

sector and any barriers identified.’.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 10 July at 10.30 am



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