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given up to and including
Friday 22 February 2013
Consideration of Bill
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords ] , As Amended
NEW CLAUSES
Exception for suppliers with high turnover
Philip Davies
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
‘Suppliers are not allowed to refer cases to the Adjudicator and cannot have cases
referred on their behalf if their turnover exceeds £500 million per annum.’.
Supplier turnover
Philip Davies
NC2
To move the following Clause:—
‘Suppliers are not allowed to refer cases to the Adjudicator and cannot have cases
referred on their behalf if their turnover exceeds £1bn per annum.’.
Sunsetting
Philip Davies
NC3
To move the following Clause:—
‘This Bill will expire in seven years from the date it receives Royal Assent.’.
Supplier headquarters
Mr Christopher Chope
NC4
To move the following Clause:—
‘Suppliers are not allowed to refer cases to the Adjudicator and cannot have cases
referred on their behalf if they have their principal headquarters outside the
European Union.’.
Supply source
Mr Christopher Chope
NC5
To move the following Clause:—
‘The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any supplies which are produced,
manufactured or processed, in whole or in part, outside the European Union.’.
Philip Davies
Philip Davies
Philip Davies
11
Page 3, line 35 [Clause 9], after ‘maximum’, insert ‘not exceeding £250,000’.
Philip Davies
12
Page 3, line 37 [Clause 9], leave out subsection (7).
Philip Davies
13
Page 3, line 41 [Clause 9], leave out subsection (8).
Philip Davies
14
Page 4, line 1 [Clause 9], leave out paragraph (a).
Philip Davies
15
Page 4, line 10 [Clause 10], leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.
Philip Davies
16
Page 4, line 12 [Clause 10], after ‘Code’, insert ‘and it must be a minimum of 20
per cent of the full cost’.
Philip Davies
17
Page 4, line 13 [Clause 10], leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.
Philip Davies
18
Page 4, line 16 [Clause 10], after ‘merit’, insert ‘and it must be a minimum of 20
per cent of the full cost’.
Ian Murray
Huw Irranca-Davies
Miss Anne McIntosh
Barry Gardiner
Mrs Mary Glindon
Sheryll Murray
Neil Parish
Ms Margaret Ritchie
4
Page 4, line 40 [Clause 12], at end insert—
‘(0)
The guidance must make clear that the Adjudicator may decide to carry out an
investigation based on—
(a) information in the public domain;
(b) information provided by a supplier;
(c)
information provided by a person who obtained the information at a time
when the person was a worker employed by the supplier in question or a
company in the same group;
(d) information provided by a large retailer;
(e)
information provided by a person who obtained the information at a time
when the person was a worker employed by the retailer in question or a
company in the same group;
(f) information provided by a relevant trade body;
(g) his own initiative.’.
John McDonnell
Ian Murray
Huw Irranca-Davies
Ian Murray
Huw Irranca-Davies
30
Page 5, line 18 [Clause 13], at end add—
‘(3)
In assessing changes that could be made to the Code, the Adjudicator shall give
due consideration to—
(a)
the territorial extent of the Code, especially in relation to activities of
large retailers outwith the UK, including work done by subsidiaries of
large retailers;
(b) whether intermediaries in the supply chain should be covered.’.
Ian Murray
Huw Irranca-Davies
33
Page 5, line 18 [Clause 13], at end add—
‘(3)
In assessing changes that could be made to the Code, the Adjudicator shall give
due consideration to—
(a)
the territorial extent of the Code, especially in relation to activities of
large retailers outwith the UK, including work done by subsidiaries of
large retailers;
(b) whether intermediaries in the supply chain should be covered.’.
Philip Davies
John McDonnell
Ian Murray
Huw Irranca-Davies
1
Page 5, line 29 [Clause 14], after ‘followed’, insert ‘and whether any further
enforcement measures are to be taken in order to secure compliance with the code’.
Ian Murray
Huw Irranca-Davies
34
Page 5, line 31 [Clause 14], at end insert—
‘(4A)
The report must include details of any incidents that have come to the
Adjudicator’s attention during the reporting period in which breaches of the
Groceries Code or commercial pressure on retailers have led or may have led to
actual or potential cases of compromised—
(a) food safety;
(b) food hygiene; and
(c) food authenticity.’.
Ian Murray
Huw Irranca-Davies
Secretary Vince Cable
Secretary Vince Cable
8
Page 6 [Clause 15], leave out lines 34 to 36 and insert—
‘(10A)
The Secretary of State may by order provide that this Act has effect as if the
section set out in subsection (11) below were inserted after section 4.
(10B) An order under subsection (10A)—
(a)
may be made only if, as a result of the findings of a review, the Secretary
of State thinks that making the order would enable the Adjudicator to be
more effective;
(b)
may be revoked only if, as a result of the findings of a review, the
Secretary of State thinks that revoking the order would not impair the
Adjudicator’s effectiveness.
(11) This is the section referred to in subsection (10A)—’.
Mr Christopher Chope
(a)
Line 6, after ‘more’, insert ‘efficient and’.
Mr Christopher Chope
(b)
Line 9, after ‘Adjudicator’s’, insert ‘efficiency and’.
John McDonnell
Miss Anne McIntosh
Barry Gardiner
Mrs Mary Glindon
Sheryll Murray
Neil Parish
2
Page 6, line 34 [Clause 15], leave out subsection (11).
Miss Anne McIntosh
Barry Gardiner
Mrs Mary Glindon
Sheryll Murray
Neil Parish
Ms Margaret Ritchie
Miss Anne McIntosh
Barry Gardiner
Mrs Mary Glindon
Sheryll Murray
Neil Parish
Ms Margaret Ritchie
6
Page 7, line 40 [Clause 16], at end add—
‘(00) If an order is made under this section the Secretary of State shall—
(a) publish the review of the Adjudicator’s performance;
(b) publish an explanation of the reasons for making the order;
(c)
publish an explanation of the mechanisms under which the interests of
suppliers will be protected once the Adjudicator is abolished;’.
Philip Davies
26
Page 8, line 33 [Clause 19], at end add—
Philip Davies
19
Page 9, line 17 [Clause 20], leave out ‘grants or’.
Philip Davies
20
Page 9, line 18 [Clause 20], leave out ‘grants or’.
Mr Christopher Chope
27
Page 10 [Clause 23], leave out lines 35 to 40 and insert ‘This Act shall come into force
two months after Royal Assent.’.
Secretary Vince Cable
9
Page 10, line 35 [Clause 23], after ‘section’, insert ‘15(10A) or’.
Philip Davies
21
Page 12, line 16 [Schedule 1], leave out ‘or two’.
Philip Davies
22
Page 12, line 17 [Schedule 1], leave out sub-paragraph (c).
Philip Davies
23
Page 12, line 21 [Schedule 1], at end add ‘, or has lost confidence in their ability to
do so.’.
Order of the House [19 NOVEMBER 2012]
That the following provisions shall apply to the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill
[Lords]:
Committal
1.The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
2.Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously
concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 6 December 2012.
The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on
which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
4.Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be
brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the
day on which those proceedings are commenced.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be
brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to
proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
7.Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on
consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.