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Amendments proposed to the Enterprise Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Prohibition

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Charles Hendry
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Field

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

'In connection with commercial dealings no trader shall engage in conduct which is misleading or deceptive.'.

Use of fines by OFT

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Charles Hendry
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Field
Dr Vincent Cable

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) The OFT will consider whether any fines which it imposes under Chapter I or Chapter II of the 1998 Act might be applied for any purpose or purposes which would contribute towards remedying harm suffered by consumers generally as a result of the infringements of those provisions.

(2) The OFT may, in pursuance of subsection (1), make such direction as it considers appropriate.'.

Enforcement orders: costs

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Charles Hendry
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Field

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

'Where the court determines that the person named in the application is not engaged in conduct which constitutes an infringement and that therefore the application brought under section 206 has failed, the court shall make an order that the enforcer shall bear the costs of that application.'.

Fees: further provision

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Charles Hendry
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Field

NC9

To move the following Clause:—

'.—The following shall be inserted after section 415(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Fees orders (individual insolvency proceedings in England and Wales)):

"(3A) An order under this section shall provide for:

(a)

exemption from any fees payable under this section by applicants who, at the time when a fee would otherwise be payable, are in receipt of income support, income-based jobseekers allowance, working families tax credit or disabled persons tax credit (working tax credit and pension tax credit from April 2003) and any other benefit that the Secretary of State may by order specify;

(b)	remission of all or part of any fees payable under this section where the Secretary of State considers that the payment of any fees payable under this section would, owing to the exceptional circumstances of the particular case, cause undue financial hardship;

(c)	a reduction in the fees payable under this section where:

(i)	two or more people living in the same household petition for bankruptcy at the same time, and

(ii)	they are jointly and severally liable for at least one debt in both petitions;

(d)	payment of any fees payable under this section by instalments".'.

Miss Melanie Johnson

368

Long title, line 1, leave out 'and the Competition Appeal Tribunal' and insert 'the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Competition Service'.

Miss Melanie Johnson

369

Long title, line 3, leave out 'to establish the Competition Service'.

ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [16TH APRIL]

That—

(1) during proceedings on the Enterprise Bill the Standing Committee do meet on Tuesdays at 10.30 a.m. and at 4.30 p.m., on Thursdays at 9.30 a.m. and between 2.30 p.m. and 5 p.m. and on Wednesday 1st May at 10.30 a.m. and between 4.30 p.m. and 7 p.m., except that on Tuesday 30th April the Committee shall not meet at 10.30 a.m. and on Thursday 2nd May the Committee shall not meet;

(2) the proceedings shall be taken in the following order, namely Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clauses 2 to 11, Clause 196, Clauses 16 to 18, Clauses 179 to 195, Clause 198, Clauses 200 and 201, Schedule 13, Clauses 202 to 226, Clauses 20 to 66, Schedule 5, Clauses 67 to 81, Schedule 6, Clause 82, Schedule 7, Clauses 83 to 86, Schedule 9, Clauses 87 to 160, Schedule 8, Clauses 161 to 174, Clause 197, Clause 199, Clause 175, Schedule 10, Clauses 176 to 177, Schedule 11, Clause 178, Schedule 12, Clause 12, Schedule 2, Clauses 13 and 14, Schedule 3, Clause 15, Clause 19, Schedule 4, Clauses 227 and 228, Schedule 14, Clauses 229 to 231, Schedule 15, Clauses 232 to 239, Schedules 16 and 17, Clauses 240 and 241, Schedule 18, Clauses 242 to 245, Schedule 19, Clause 246, Schedules 20 and 21, Clauses 247 to 252, Schedule 22, Clauses 253 to 257, Schedule 23, Clauses 258 to 264, Schedule 24, Clauses 265 and 266, Schedules 25 and 26, Clauses 267 to 269, New Clauses and New Schedules;

(3) the proceedings on Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clauses 2 to 11, Clause 196, Clauses 16 to 18, Clauses 179 to 195, Clause 198, Clauses 200 and 201, Schedule 13 and Clauses 202 to 226 shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 9.55 p.m. on Tuesday 23rd April.

(4) the proceedings on Clauses 20 to 66, Schedule 5, Clauses 67 to 81, Schedule 6, Clause 82, Schedule 7, Clauses 83 to 86, Schedule 9, Clauses 87 to 160, Schedule 8, Clauses 161 to 174, Clause 197, Clause 199, Clause 175, Schedule 10, Clauses 176 and 177, Schedule 11, Clause 178, Schedule 12, Clause 12, Schedule 2, Clauses 13 and 14, Schedule 3, Clause 15, Clause 19 and Schedule 4 shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 1 p.m. on Wednesday 1st May;

(5) the proceedings on Clauses 227 and 228, Schedule 14, Clauses 229 to 231, Schedule 15 and Clauses 232 to 238 shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 1st May;

(6) the proceedings on Clause 239, Schedules 16 and 17, Clauses 240 and 241, Schedule 18, Clauses 242 to 245, Schedule 19, Clause 246, Schedules 20 and 21, Clauses 247 to 252, Schedule 22, Clauses 253 to 257, Schedule 23 and Clauses 258 to 260 shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5 p.m. on Thursday 9th May;

(7) the remaining proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday 14th May.




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