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
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The Protection of Shareholders Bill would require every public company to create a Shareholders’ Committee that operates independently of the board. The committee would represent private shareholders at statutory meetings and set out how it is formed, what it can do, and how it functions.
The bill is in the Commons, at the 2nd reading. It originated in the Commons, with its first reading in 2009.
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17 Mar 2009
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.
