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date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the application of the restrictions imposed by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 in relation to recommendations for the appointment of new peers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>It is against the law to 'sell' honours or peerages - offering cash for awards - under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Life peerages are vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission for matters of propriety, who seek advice from Government Departments and Agencies where appropriate.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2165 question first answered 10/10/2022 16:35:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

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date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to support small businesses through changes to competition law.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Through the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and the establishment of the Competition and Markets Authority, we have ensured that businesses of all sizes, including small businesses, benefit from a simpler competition regime designed to provide greater certainty and improve the speed of decisions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, when our reforms of private actions for competition damages and the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) rules come into force on 1 October they will assist small businesses who currently find it too costly to seek compensation for breaches of competition law. These include a cost-capped ‘fast track’ procedure to enable small businesses to challenge anti-competitive behaviour, and voluntary redress schemes to encourage faster, easier access to redress.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/09/2015 15:56:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick