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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 September 2026
Debate
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]Contribution
11: Clause 3, page 8, leave out lines 17 to 24 and insert—
“(7) In subsections (2) and (3)—“a micro undertaking” means an undertaking which has no more than 10 full-time equivalent employees, and has—(a) a turnover of no more than £1 million, or(b) a balance sheet total of no more than £500,000;“a small undertaking” means an undertaking other than a micro undertaking which has no more than 50 full-time equivalent employees, and has—(a) a turnover of no more than £15 million, or(b) a balance sheet total of no more than £7.5 million;“a medium-sized undertaking” means an undertaking other than a small undertaking or micro undertaking which has no more than 250 full-time equivalent employees, and has—(a) a turnover of no more than £54 million, or(b) a balance sheet total of no more than £27 million;“a large undertaking” means any undertaking other than a medium-sized undertaking, small undertaking or micro undertaking.”Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment, and others in the name of Lord Hunt of Wirral, seek to create a standardised definition of different sized businesses on the face of the CPILPA 1998.
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