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House of Commons

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

[First and Second Sittings]

Norman Lamb

Agreed to

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

19 June) meet—

(a)
at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 19 June;

(b)
at 9.00 am on Thursday 21 June;

(c)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 26 June;

(d)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 28 June;

(e)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 July;

(f)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 5 July;

(g)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 10 July;

(h)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 12 July;

(i)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 17 July;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 19 June
Until no later
Confederation of British Industry; EEF;

than 11.15 am
Institute of Directors

Tuesday 19 June
Until no later
British Chambers of Commerce; Federation

than 11.45 am
of Small Businesses

Tuesday 19 June
Until no later
Trades Union Congress; Unite; GMB

than 1.00 pm

Tuesday 19 June
Until no later
Association of British Insurers; Hermes

than 4.45 pm
Equity Ownership Services Ltd.; National

Association of Pension Funds

Tuesday 19 June
Until no later
Chartered Institute of Personnel and

than 5.45 pm
Development; Free Representation Unit;

Public Concern at Work; Advisory,

Conciliation and Arbitration Service

Tuesday 19 June
Until no later
Equality and Human Rights Commission

than 6.15 pm

Thursday 21 June
Until no later
Citizens Advice; Professor Sir John Vickers

than 9.30 am
(Warden, All Souls College, Oxford)

Thursday 21 June
Until no later
Law Society; Law Society of Scotland;

than 10.25 am
Allen & Overy LLP; Simpson Millar LLP

Thursday 21 June
Until no later
Malcolm Nicholson (Reporting Panel

than 11.25 am
Member, Competition Commission); City

of London Law Society; Professor

Catherine Waddams (Professor of

Regulation, University of East Anglia)

Thursday 21 June
Until no later
RenewableUK; E3G; Friends of the Earth

than 12 noon

Thursday 21 June
Until no later
Local Government Association; Trading

than 1.15 pm
Standards Institute; West Yorkshire Joint

Services; British Retail Consortium

Thursday 21 June
Until no later
Sir David Walker (author of ‘Walker

than 2.15 pm
Review of Corporate Governance of UK

Banking Industry’); High Pay Centre;

Adrian Beecroft (author of Beecroft report

on employment law)

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 19 June 2012
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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 7; Schedule 1; Clause 8; Schedule 2; Clauses 9

to 13; Schedule 3; Clauses 14 to 18; Schedule 4; Clause 19; Schedules 5 and

6; Clause 20; Clause 24; Schedule 8; Clauses 21 and 22; Schedule 7; Clause

23; Clauses 25 and 26; Schedule 9; Clause 30; Schedule 12; Clause 28;

Schedule 11; Clause 27; Schedule 10; Clause 29; Clauses 31 to 33; Schedule

13; Clauses 34 to 43; Schedule 14; Clauses 44 to 47; Schedule 15; Clauses 48

to 50; Schedule 16; Clauses 51 to 54; Schedule 17; Clauses 55 to 63; new

Clauses, new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 8.00 pm on Tuesday 17 July.

Norman Lamb

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Agreed to

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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

Norman Lamb

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Agreed to

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Katja Hall, CBI, Tim Thomas, EEF, Alexander Ehmann, Institute of Directors;

Dr. Adam Marshall, British Chambers of Commerce, Mike Cherry, Federation of Small

Businesses;

Sarah Veale, CBE, TUC, Paul Kenny, GMB, Howard Beckett, Unite;

Otto Thoreson, Association of British Insurers, Paul Lee, Hermes, David Paterson, National

Association of Pension Funds;

Mike Emmott, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Michael Reed, Free

Representation Unit, Cathy James, Public Concern at Work, Edward Sweeney, ACAS;

John Wadham, Equality and Human Rights Commission.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am



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