Amendments proposed to the Company Law Reform Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons

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Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

239

Clause     294,     page     133,     line     6,     at end insert 'and if a special resolution is to be proposed at the meeting, the exact text of the resolution.'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

340

Clause     295,     page     133,     line     23,     at end add—

    '(5)   In calculating the time periods referred to in this section, the date of issuance or publication of the notice and the date of the general meeting shall be disregarded.'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

341

Clause     297,     page     134,     line     3,     at end insert 'provided that such statement is not defamatory of any person'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

240

Clause     299,     page     134,     line     44,     leave out 'public'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

241

Clause     299,     page     135,     line     4,     leave out 'in complying' and insert 'incurred in printing and distributing a statement so as to comply'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

242

Clause     299,     page     135,     line     7,     leave out paragraph (b).


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

243

Clause     303,     page     136,     line     7,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   The chairman must demand a poll when he considers that the outcome would be different from that reached on a show of hands.'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

244

Clause     304,     page     136,     line     18,     leave out paragraph (b).


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

359

Clause     307,     page     137,     line     15,     after 'member', insert 'not attending the meeting'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

360

Clause     307,     page     137,     line     17,     leave out from 'him' to end of line 18.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

342

Clause     310,     page     138,     line     19,     leave out subsection (3).


   

Margaret Hodge

105

Clause     317,     page     141,     line     9,     leave out 'alteration' and insert 'amendment'.


   

Margaret Hodge

106

Clause     318,     page     141,     line     39,     leave out 'alteration' and insert 'amendment'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

245

Clause     319,     page     142,     line     20,     at end add—

    '(5)   A private company is not required to hold an annual general meeting but section 320 shall apply to a private company if it decides to call an annual general meeting.'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

343

Clause     321,     page     142,     line     40,     leave out '5' and insert '10'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

344

Clause     324,     page     144,     line     18,     leave out subsections (3) and (4).


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

209

Page     144,     line     30,     leave out Clause 325.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

210

Page     145,     line     12,     leave out Clause 326.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

211

Page     145,     line     32,     leave out Clause 327.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

212

Page     146,     line     15,     leave out Clause 328.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

213

Page     146,     line     37,     leave out Clause 329.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

214

Page     147,     line     20,     leave out Clause 330.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

215

Page     147,     line     35,     leave out Clause 331.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

216

Page     148,     line     7,     leave out Clause 332.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

217

Page     148,     line     29,     leave out Clause 333.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

218

Page     149,     line     11,     leave out Clause 334.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

207

Clause     335,     page     149,     line     34,     leave out from 'website)' to end of line 35.

   

Margaret Hodge

107

Clause     335,     page     149,     line     41,     leave out 'alteration' and insert 'amendment'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

246

Clause     336,     page     150,     leave out lines 8 and 9.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

345

Clause     337,     page     150,     line     34,     leave out from 'section' to 'are' in line 35.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

346

Clause     337,     page     150,     line     36,     leave out subsections (3) and (4).


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

361

Clause     338,     page     151,     line     6,     at end insert 'or records made pursuant to section 339(2).'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

347

Clause     340,     page     152,     line     4,     leave out subsections (3) and (4).


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

311

Clause     347,     page     154,     line     29,     leave out 'that, at the time of publication or dissemination,' and insert 'where the primary purpose at the time of such publication or dissemination'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

312

Clause     347,     page     154,     line     33,     leave out 'that are' and insert 'where the primary purpose of such activities is'.

   

David Howarth
Lorely Burt
Mark Hunter

260

Clause     347,     page     154,     line     38,     at end insert—

      '(iii) to persuade a member of either House of Parliament, a member of the Scottish Parliament, a member of the Welsh Assembly or a member of any local authority to take or to refrain from taking any action in connection with their duties either as such a member or as the member of a government or executive.'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

313

Clause     347,     page     154,     line     40,     at end add—

    '(3)   For the purposes of this Part, political expenditure does not include activities intended to influence policy making or public debate on issues directly affecting the business or other commercial activities of the relevant company and provided further that such activities have been approved by the company's board of directors.'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

314

Clause     352,     page     157,     line     5,     after first 'a', insert 'wholly owned'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

315

Clause     353,     page     158,     line     16,     at end insert 'or, in the case of a claim under section 352(3), to the relevant subsidiary;'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

316

Clause     353,     page     158,     line     18,     at end insert 'or, in the case of a claim under section 352(3), by the relevant subsidiary;'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

317

Clause     353,     page     158,     line     20,     at end insert—

      '(d) that a resolution satisfying the provisions of sections 348 and 349 has been made in connection with the relevant political donation or political expenditure.'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

219

Clause     356,     page     159,     line     30,     leave out subsection (1) and insert—

    '(1)   Subject to the exemptions in subsection (5), a trade union is a political organisation for the purposes of this Part.'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

220

Clause     356,     page     159,     line     33,     at end insert—

    '(3)   In addition to the other requirements set out in this Part, a donation may only be made to a trade union if such trade union currently has in force a political resolution authorising the trade union to apply its funds in the furtherance of political objects and such political resolution authorised donations or expenditure under one or more of the following heads—

      (a) donations to political parties or independent election candidates;

      (b) donations to political organisations other than political parties; or

      (c) political expenditure

    in each case up to a specified amount in the period for which the resolution has effect.

    (4)   For the purposes of subsection (3), "political expenditure" shall have the meaning set out in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52) and "political resolution" shall have the meaning set out in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52) save that the reference in section 73(3) of that act to "ten years" shall be deemed to be "four years".

    (5)   A donation to a trade union shall not be a political donation for the purposes of this Part to the extent that it is made—

      (a) to provide or facilitate the provision of education and training of employees of a relevant company;

      (b) to assist the trade union in representing employees of a relevant company;

      (c) to assist the trade union in consulting with and meeting employees of a relevant company;

      (d) to facilitate the investigation of any matter relating to the terms and conditions of any employee of a relevant company;

      (e) to assist or to facilitate negotiations between the trade union and a relevant company and any of its representatives in connection with any complaint or dispute between the company and its employees (or any of them); or

      (f) to otherwise promote good employment relations between a relevant company and its employees.

    For this purpose a relevant company includes the company by which the donation was made, any holding company of the company by which the donation was made, any subsidiary of such holding company or any subsidiary of the company by which the donation was made.'.



 
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