Debate on bill on Tuesday, 15 September 2026, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Leong. The answering members were Lord Hunt of Wirral and Lord Sharpe of Epsom.

Commercial Payments Bill [HL]

Lords report stage. Amendments 15 to 18, 30 to 32 and 36 to 45 agreed to. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 55).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 859 cc1116-1143
Session: 2026-27
Department: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Legislative stage: Report stage
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Financial Services and Markets Bill (HL); Commercial Payments Bill (HL); Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill (HL); Sentencing Bill: Government Response (session 2024–26). Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee second report
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Commercial Payments Bill (HL) 2026-27. As amended in Committee
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Bills
House of Lords; Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill (HL); Commercial Payments Bill (HL): Government Response. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee tenth report
Friday, 11 September 2026
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Commercial Payments Bill (HL) 2026-27. As amended on Report
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 c1116 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
1: Clause 1, page 2, line 5, at end insert—
“(1A)...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 cc1116-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to this group on behalf of my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond, who se...; Lord Fox | 859 cc1117-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I feel a great wave of consensus flowing over me. I will speak to Amendment 8 in my nam...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1118-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, prior to introducing the government amendments, I wish to express my personal thanks fo...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 cc1119-1120 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as ever, I am grateful to the Minister for his response and, in particular, for the las...; Lord Fox | 859 c1120 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Fox
7: Clause 1, page 3, line 37, at end insert—
“2CA Payments co...; Lord Fox | 859 c1121 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as we all know, economic activity is switching from familiar structures and supply chai...; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 859 c1121 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this amendment touches on very much the same point as my noble friend Lord Holmes of Ri...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1121-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for Amendment 7 and thank him for it. I reco...; Lord Fox | 859 c1123 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his support for this amendment. One point of consternation...; Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 859 cc1123-4 (Link to this contribution)
I should alert the House to the fact that, if Amendment 11 is agreed to, I will not be able to ca...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
11: Clause 3, page 8, leave out lines 17 to 24 and inse...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this group of amendments revisits the issue of the definitions of different-sized busin...; Lord Fox | 859 cc1124-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Sharpe, were right to raise the issue of definition...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1125-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords for Amendments 11, 12, 13, 14, 35 and 46. I recognise the conce...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 c1126 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, again I am grateful to the Minister for his very comprehensive response. I am also grat...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1126-7 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Leong
15: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause—
“Power...; Lord Leong | 859 c1127 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Leong
16: Clause 4, page 9, line 4, leave out “2E” and insert “2F”
<...; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 859 cc1127-8 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Hunt of Wirral
20: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 859 cc1128-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendments 20, 21 and 33 in my name and those of my noble friends Lord Sharpe of Epsom ...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1129-1130 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Hunt of Wirral and Lord Sharpe of Epsom, and the noble Lo...; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 859 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we will carefully consider what the Minister has said, but I think he will acknowledge ...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
22: Clause 11, page 15, line 34, at end insert—
“...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 cc1131-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by reiterating my support for the Government’s position on retention payments. ...; Lord Fox | 859 cc1132-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there are no amendments in my name in this group, but I will speak very briefly on Amen...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1133-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe and Lord Hunt, for the amendments in this g...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 cc1134-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am again grateful to the Minister for his response and, indeed, to the noble Lord, Lo...; Lord Fox | 859 c1135 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Fox
27: Clause 18, page 22, line 35, at end insert—
“(5A) The adj...; Lord Fox | 859 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in moving Amendment 27, I shall also speak to Amendment 34. They are both in my name. A...; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 859 cc1136-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we are all very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for moving his amendment. Before ...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1137-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, once again, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for Amendments 27 and 34, and the noble L...; Lord Fox | 859 c1139 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister wholeheartedly for his response to both my amendments. The respons...; Lord Fox | 859 c1139 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Fox
30: Clause 24, page 37, line 42, leave out “in the United Kingdom”<...; Lord Fox | 859 cc1139-1140 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall move Amendment 30 and speak to Amendments 31, 32, 43, 44 and 45, which sounds d...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 859 cc1140-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as we come to the end of Report, I once again place on record my thanks to noble Lords ...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1141-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his amendment regarding turnover and financial pe...; Lord Fox | 859 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Fox
31: Clause 24, page 38, line 2, leave out “in the United Kingdom”; Lord Leong | 859 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Leong
36: Clause 28, page 40, line 19, after “Act” insert “or regulatio...; Lord Leong | 859 cc1142-3 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Leong
37: Schedule 1, page 43, line 20, leave out “2F” and insert “2G”<...; Lord Fox | 859 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Fox
43: Schedule 3, page 58, line 3, leave out “in the United Kingdom”<...
Notes: Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh legislative consent sought.
Subjects: Business Construction Billing Fines Insolvency Electronic commerce Public sector Small businesses Small Business Commissioner Dispute resolution
Legislation: Commercial Payments Bill (HL) 2026-27
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Commercial Payments Bill [HL]

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