Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
A bill to make provision about payment terms in commercial contracts; to make provision about interest on late payment of commercial debts; to ban retention clauses in the construction sector; to expand the powers of the Small Business Commissioner in relation to payment disputes and poor payment practices; to amend the Enterprise Act 2016 in connection with other functions of the Small Business Commissioner; and for connected purposes.
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Progress through Parliament4 stages recorded
Lords
1st reading
19 May
Lords
2nd reading
09 Jun
Lords
Committee stage
21 Jul
Lords
Report stage
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Letter from Lord Leong to Peers regarding maximum payment terms, payment disputes, small business commissioner resourcing, AI and data analytics, environment, social and governance (ESG), definition of business size, information provided to the commissioner, interaction with the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), regulations allowing further disputes to be excluded, analysis of late payments' impact through an equalities perspective, and retentions under construction contract.
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