Lord Fox (LD)

My Lords, I shall move Amendment 30 and speak to Amendments 31, 32, 43, 44 and 45, which sounds daunting but they are all the same amendment. These amendments are in my name, and I am happy to say tha

My Lords, I thank the Minister wholeheartedly for his response to both my amendments. The response to Amendment 27 was more ambitious than I was proposing, so I am very happy with that. His response t

My Lords, in moving Amendment 27, I shall also speak to Amendment 34. They are both in my name. Amendment 27 would require payment disputes referred to the adjudication scheme to be resolved within 60

My Lords, there are no amendments in my name in this group, but I will speak very briefly on Amendment 24, which, as we heard, seeks to remove the ban on retention, with the very worthy aim of helping

My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Sharpe, were right to raise the issue of definitions in Committee. Rather than simply echo them, I decided to add something to the debate through Amendmen

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his support for this amendment. One point of consternation or otherwise is that I would suggest that the supplier-marketplace relationship is a B2B relationship,