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Session 2014 - 15
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House of Commons

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Small Business, Enterprise and

Employment Bill

[First and Second Sittings]

Mr Matthew Hancock

Agreed to

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 14

October) meet—

(a)
at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 14 October;

(b)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 16 October;

(c)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 21 October;

(d)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 23 October;

(e)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 28 October;

(f)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 30 October;

(g)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 4 November;

(h)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 6 November;

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

Table:

TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than
Confederation of British

10.15 am
Industry; Federation of Small

Businesses; British Chambers of

Commerce; Institute of

Directors

Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than
Thompsons Solicitors

10.45 am

Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than
Forum of Private

11.25 am
Business; Institute of Credit

Management

Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than
The Law Society

2.30 pm

Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than
GMB; Unison; Unite

3.15 pm

Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than
Toynbee Hall; Met Police

3.45 pm
International Corruption

Division

Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than
Trades Union Congress;

4.15 pm
Chartered Institute of Personnel

and Development

Thursday 16 October
Until no later than
British Beer and Pub

12.30 pm
Association; Association of

Licensed Multiple Retailers;

Campaign for Real Ale; Fair

Pint

Thursday 16 October
Until no later than
Ofsted

1.00 pm

Thursday 16 October
Until no later than
R3: Association of Business

2.30 pm
Recovery Professionals

Thursday 16 October
Until no later than
Family and Childcare Trust;

3.15 pm
National Day Nurseries

Association; National

Association of Head Teachers

Thursday 16 October
Until no later than
Department for Business,

4.00 pm
Innovation and Skills; Her

Majesty‘s Treasury

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, continued

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

following order: Clauses 1 to 35; Schedule 1; Clauses 36 to 66; Schedule 2;

Clauses 67 to 70; Schedule 3; Clauses 71 to 73; Schedule 4; Clauses 74 to 82;

Schedule 5; Clauses 83 to 85; Schedule 6; Clauses 86 to 99; Schedule 7;

Clause 100; Schedule 8; Clauses 101 to 121; Schedule 9; Clauses 122 to 132;

Schedule 10; Clauses 133 to 149; 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 5.00 pm on Thursday 6 November.

Mr Matthew Hancock

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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, continued

Mr Matthew Hancock

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, Deputy Director General, Confederation of British Industry; Mike Cherry,

National Policy Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses; Mike Spicer, Director of

Research, British Chambers of Commerce; James Sproule, Chief Economist and Director

of Policy, Institute of Directors;

Iain Birrell, Employment Rights Manager, Thompsons Solicitors;

Alexander Jackman, Head of Policy, Forum of Private Business; Philip King, Chief

Executive, Institute of Credit Management;

Kathleen O’Reilly, Chair of Company Law Committee, The Law Society; Mark Beattie,

Company Law, Committee Member, The Law Society;

Dave Mountford, GMB; Martin Smith, GMB National Organiser; Sampson Low, Policy

Officer, Unison; Steve Turner, Assistant General Secretary, Unite;

Sian Williams, Head of Financial Inclusion, Toynbee Hall; Detective Chief Inspector

Jonathan Benton, Head of Met Police’s International Proceeds of Corruption Unit;

Sarah Veale, Head of Equality and Employment Rights, Trades Union Congress; Peter

Cheese, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am



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