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Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 March 2026

Debate

Companies: Online AGMs

Contribution

To get back to the Question from the noble Lord, Lord Lee, who speaks as an investor, I speak as chairman of a public company and a senior partner of Cavendish plc. We welcome shareholders coming to our AGM. It is quite true that there are some shareholders who go from AGM to AGM with plastic bags, hoovering up the biscuits, but others have very valid points to make. I have been to the AGM of a company with which I disagreed vehemently on the action the directors were taking, and I was able to get my view across. If that meeting had been virtual, I would have been shut down by the PR.

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