A Bill to make provision for each public company to establish a shareholders’ committee; to make provision about the membership, functions and operation of the committee; and for connected purposes.
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.
House of Commons
12 October 2009
The Protection of Shareholders Bill would require every public company to create an independent Shareholders’ Committee that sits apart from the board. The committee would represent private shareholders at statutory meetings and the bill sets out how it is formed, what it can do, and how it operates.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to detailed scrutiny in Committee and subsequent stages, and, if passed, would then move to the House of Lords for consideration.
Generated 21 February 2026
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.No recorded votes for this bill yet.
