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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, As Amended
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| | Clause 37, page 35, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | | “( ) | duties relating to the provision of apprenticeships and training |
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| | | opportunities as a result of procurement; |
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| | | ( ) | duties to publish reports about the amount of expenditure underaken by |
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| | | the relevant procurement function in relation to— |
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| | | (i) | amount and proportion of expenditure undertaken by small and |
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| | | medium-sized enterprises, |
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| | | (ii) | amount and proportion of expenditure undetaken in the local |
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| | Clause 37, page 35, line 22, at end add— |
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| | | “(5A) | A person making regulations under this section may also specify the reasons why |
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| | | firms may be excluded from entering into contracts.” |
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| | Clause 37, page 35, line 28, at end add— |
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| | | “(8A) | Regulations under this section are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of |
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| | Clause 37, page 35, line 30, leave out subsection 10. |
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| | | | “Prompt Payment Code, duties of the Secretary of State |
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| | | (1) | The Secretary of State shall— |
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| | | (a) | ensure that any business with payment terms of more than 60 days cannot |
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| | | sign up to the Prompt Payment Code, and that any existing signatory with |
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| | | payment terms of more than 60 days is removed from the list; |
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| | | (b) | at the end of each financial year, the Secretary of State shall write to all |
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| | | busineses in the FTSE 350 who are not signatories of the Prompt |
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| | | Payment Code asking them to become so; |
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| | | (c) | the Secretary of State shall publish a list of those businesses written to |
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| | | prominently on the Government’s website.” |
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| | | (1) | The Secretary of State shall— |
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| | | (a) | conduct a review into how the Government can use the payment |
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| | | publishing regime to ensure that small businesses who are paid late by a |
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| | | larger supplier are automatically paid compensation, and into how the |
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| | | onus of reporting late payment can be shifted away from the smallest |
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| | | businesses who cannot afford to lose significant customers; and |
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| | | (b) | report back to both Houses of Parliament on the conclusions of the |
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| | Clause 64, page 47, line 19, leave out “tied” and insert “tenanted, leased or |
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| | Clause 3, page 4, line 33, at end insert— |
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| | | “(g) | about the circumstances and process for amending payment terms of the |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This is for companies to include details of the circumstances and processs (including who will be |
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| | | involved) by which payment terms would be amended, preventing unilateral and ad hoc changes. |
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| | Clause 37, page 35, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | | “( ) | duties to establish the past payment peformance of potention parties to a |
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| | | contract, before contracts are entered into; |
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| | | ( ) | duties to ensure contracts entered into include the contractor’s |
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| | | requirements for prompt payment of their suppliers.” |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | These are to ensure that the payment performance of potential contractors are known before |
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| | | contracts are entered into and that contracts entered into require contractors to pay their suppliers |
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