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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 30 October 2014

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Small Business, Enterprise and

 

Employment Bill

 

[Eleventh and Twelfth Sittings]

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Withdrawn  151

 

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  2,  leave out “large”

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Not called  152

 

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  2,  leave out “also”

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Negatived on division  162

 

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(b)    

the Secretary of State shall ensure that provisions of the Pubs Code which

 

carry costs which smaller businesses would find difficult to absorb, as

 

prescribed, do not fall upon those pub-owning companies who own less

 

than 500 premises,

 

(c)    

such provisions to be prescribed may include—

 

(i)    

the duty to employ a Code Compliance Officer, and to file annual

 

Code Compliance Reports,

 

(ii)    

the duty to employ a business development manager and provide

 

training thereto,

 
 

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(iii)    

the duty to provide parallel free of tie rent assessments”

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  59

 

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  11,  leave out subsection (5)(b)(ii)

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  60

 

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  18,  leave out “their tied pub tenants” and insert “such

 

assessments”

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Negatived on division  193

 

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

“(g)    

require large pub-owning companies as defined in section 60 of this Act

 

to provide a list to their tenants of any products and services they provide

 

to tied tenants which such a company considers to have a monetary value;

 

and a statement of what that amount is and how it was calculated; and the

 

Secretary of State or any tied tenant may refer that amount to the

 

adjudicator for an assessment of the accuracy of any estimate or the

 

reasonableness of any assumption in relation to each amount.”.

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Not called  70

 

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  20,  leave out “large”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Not called  68

 

Clause  37,  page  31,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

“(5A)    

Changes to the Pubs Code pursuant to section 37 shall be made by order. Such an

 

order is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 
 

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, continued

 
 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Negatived on division  194

 

Clause  38,  page  32,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

“(d)    

which purport to give only the pub-owning company the right to break a

 

tie agreement.”.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  61

 

Clause  38,  page  32,  line  15,  leave out from “(1)” to end of line 17 and insert “only

 

apply to new agreements or at agreed break points such as rent reviews within current

 

agreements”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 39 to 41 Agreed to.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  62

 

Clause  42,  page  34,  line  43,  after “vexatious”, insert “or unsubstantiated”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 43 to 48 Agreed to.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  63

 

Clause  49,  page  36,  line  41,  at end insert “or

 

(c)    

the basis and reasoning behind the decision to impose a penalty.”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Negatived on division  195

 

Clause  50,  page  37,  line  19,  leave out “or wholly without merit”.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  64

 

Clause  50,  page  37,  line  20,  after “merit”, insert “or unsubstantiated”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 
 

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, continued

 
 

Clauses 51 to 58 Agreed to.

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Negatived on division  157

 

Clause  59,  page  40,  line  30,  leave out “D” and insert “E”

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  158

 

Clause  59,  page  40,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

“(6)    

Condition E is that the premises is owned by a “pub owning business” or a “large

 

pub owning business” as defined in section 60 (1) (2) and (3).

 

(7)    

A premises which may meet conditions A-E, but is a premises that was not

 

intended to be subject to the pubs code as defined in section 36(1) and (2) is

 

excluded”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Not selected  153

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  4,  leave out “and large “pub-owning business””

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Not called  154

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  leave out lines 5 and 6.

 
 

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, continued

 
 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Agreed to on division  71

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  6,  leave out “one” and insert “500”

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Not called  155

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  8,  leave out “pub-owning”

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Agreed to  72

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  8,  leave out “large”

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Negatived on division  159

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  10,  leave out “tied”

 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Not called  156

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  12,  leave out “pub-owning”

 
 

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, continued

 
 

Sheryll Murray

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Anne Marie Morris

 

Richard Fuller

 

Sir Hugh Robertson

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Oliver Colvile

 

Agreed to  73

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  12,  leave out “large”

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  160

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  15,  leave out “tied”

 

Toby Perkins

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  161

 

Clause  60,  page  41,  line  16,  leave out subsection (4)

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  192

 

Clause  61,  page  41,  line  31,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

 

“(b)    

who is party to negotiations which have reached the stage of a provisional

 

trading agreement for the prospective tenancy of a premises which are, or

 

expected to be, a tied pub ahead of any final terms of the agreement being

 

agreed.”.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  66

 

Clause  61,  page  41,  line  42,  leave out “and includes a tenancy at will” and insert

 

“but excluding tenancies at will and agreements of less than 12 months”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Andrew Griffiths

 

Not called  67

 

Clause  62,  page  42,  line  15,  leave out from “tie” to end of line 16

 

Clause Agreed to.

 
 

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, continued

 
 

Clause 63 Agreed to.

 

Ian Murray

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Toby Perkins

 

Withdrawn  207

 

Clause  64,  page  43,  line  16,  at end add—

 

“(7)    

The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for a review of the impact and

 

appropriateness of the reduction of the age threshold for childcare provision in a

 

school setting in terms of—

 

(a)    

contribution to child development,

 

(b)    

suitability of facilities and accommodation, and

 

(c)    

maintenance of child protection standards.

 

(8)    

The Secretary of State shall lay a report of the findings of the review mentioned

 

in subsection (7) before each House of Parliament within 18 months of section 64

 

coming into force.”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 65 Agreed to.

 

Ian Murray

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Toby Perkins

 

Not called  208

 

Clause  66,  page  44,  line  19,  at end add—

 

“(2)    

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is amended as follows—

 

(e)    

In section 118, subsection (1) at end add “, and

 

(f)    

the quality and appropriateness of the facilities and premises used by

 

registered providers of early years childcare.”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Schedule 2 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 67 to 70 Agreed to.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Toby Perkins

 

Withdrawn  198

 

Schedule  3,  page  141,  line  35,  after “issuers”, insert “and the Secretary of State

 

shall only specify descriptions of companies which he considers are already subject to

 

disclosure and transparency requirements which would otherwise meet the objectives of

 
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