HC Deb 17 July 1973 vol 860 c377
The Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Anthony Grant)

I beg to move Amendment No. 2, in page 3, line 9, at end insert: '(a) the wife or husband or minor son or daughter of that person;'

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this amendment it will be convenient to take Government Amendment No. 4.

Mr. Grant

These amendments meet a suggestion made by the Opposition in Committee. We accept that it is right to make this addition to the list of "associates" in subsection (5)—that is to say, the persons whose shareholdings are to be aggregated with those of the persons with whom they are connected in order to establish whether that person effectively controls one-third or more of the voting power in an insurance company. I hope that these amendments meet the point that the Opposition were making.

Mr. Millan

As this amendment and the previous one meet points raised by Opposition hon. Members in Committee, and as there are about another 40 amendments that will also meet points made by Opposition hon. Members in Committee, I thank the Government now, to avoid my getting up constantly, for very sensibly listening to all the intelligent and sensible speeches that were made in Committee.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendments made: No. 3, in page 3, line 11, leave out 'employer'.

No. 4, in page 3, line 17, at end insert: 'and for the purposes of this subsection "son" includes step-son and adopted son, "daughter" includes step-daughter and adopted daughter and "minor", in relation to Scotland, includes pupil'.—[Mr. Anthony Grant.]

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