Limited Liability Partnerships (Hansard, 8 January 2001)

§ Mr. Cousins
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Companies Registrar has published guidance on the information he requires before registering a limited liability partnership. [144097]

§ Dr. Howells
The Registrar of Companies intends to make guidance notes available regarding Limited Liability Partnerships in England and Wales and in Scotland. These will cover information on filing requirements. The Guidance will be provided as a series of booklets and also on the Companies House website www.companieshouse.gov.uk.
The guidance cannot pre-empt—so it will be made available shortly following—the parliamentary debate on the Limited Liability Partnership Regulations 2001. The current estimate for the timing of this debate is the middle of January 2001.

§ Mr. Cousins
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if Ernst and Young have applied for registration as a Limited Liability Partnership; and if he will make a statement. [143960]
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§ Dr. Howells
The Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 will not come into force until 6 April 2001, and it will not be possible to be incorporated as a Limited Liability Partnership before then.