Protection of Shareholders Bill 2008-09
Progress of the Bill
Bill started in the House of Commons
- House of Commons
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- House of Lords
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- Royal Assent
Last event
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1st Reading: House of Commons 17 March, 2009
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17.03.2009
Latest Bill
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Bill as introduced | PDF version, 77KB | 18.03.2009 |
Latest news on the Bill
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 17 March. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Mr William Cash.Summary of the Bill
This bill would require all public companies to set up a Shareholders’ Committee, which would be independent of the directors of the company and which would represent the views of private shareholders at the company's statutory meetings.Stay up to date
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