Member

Amendments 106, 155 and 184 concern consultation. We regularly meet with business representative organisations, whether it is the CBI, the FSB or the British Chambers of Commerce. They represent thousands of individual companies of all sizes, types and kinds. In fact, my noble friend the Minister and I will be meeting the British Chambers of Commerce tomorrow. I will not even go into the political funds, as the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, mentioned, because that is for another day. I will not labour the point further. Small businesses remain at the forefront of our minds as we move closer to the implementation phase of the Bill. We have published our implementation road map, and we are committed to full consultation, including with SMEs.