Companies House

20 November 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform for what reason the Registrar of Companies is not able to implement changes to Companies House systems and processes in relation to specific sections of the Companies Act 2006. | more

Companies House

20 November 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on what date the Registrar of Companies informed his Department that he would effect the necessary changes to Companies House systems | more

To What Extent Have the Companies Act's Objectives Been Met?

15 November 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly addresses the LexisNexis Butterworths Conference on "The Companies Act 2006". | more

Thalidomide

14 November 2007 : Written Question

Jonathan Djanogly asks the Secretary of State for Health for a breakdown of costs of health and social care of those affected by Thalidomide in each of the past 10 years. | more

Taxation: Defaulters

30 October 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many investigations of alleged tax defaulters begun by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors in each of the last 10 years have resulted in proceedings being issued and a conviction. | more

Revenue and Customs: Prosecutions

29 October 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much compensation was paid to companies and individuals following failed prosecutions against them by HM Revenue and Customs... | more

Revenue and Customs: Compensation

24 October 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much compensation was paid to companies and individuals following investigations against them by HM Revenue and Customs and by each of its predecessors in each of the last 10 tax years. | more

Legal Services Bill: Clause 49: The Board's policy statements

24 October 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly calls for the Lord Chief Justice’s role in respect of appointments to the Legal Services Board to be formally set out to protect the independence of the board from Government and welcomes the Government’s moves towards this. | more

Legal Services Bill: Clause 15: Carrying on of a reserved legal activity (Trade Unions exemption)

24 October 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly welcomes concessions made in respect of trade unions, but still questions the necessity to grant them special status in the first place. | more

National Insurance Contributions

23 October 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of people in Cambridgeshire and the UK who hold NI numbers and have made NI contributions have made sufficient contributions to qualify for the basic pension. | more

Legal Services Bill: Carrying on of a reserved legal activity (Trade Unions exemption)

15 October 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly tables amendments to reverse Government amendments giving trade unions exemption from this Bill. | more

Legal Services Bill: Consumer Panel and Legal Services Board

15 October 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly argues the case for the Conservatives relating to the appointment of members and independence of the consumer panel and Legal Services Board. | more

Legal Services Bill: Licensing Authority

15 October 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly calls for the Government to address outstanding issues relating to the licensing of so called Alternative Business Structures (ABS) which will enable lawyers and non lawyers to work together to deliver legal services. | more

Legal Services Bill

15 October 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly winds up the debate on behalf of the Conservatives. | more

National Insurance

11 October 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance numbers were in existence in Cambridgeshire and in the UK in each of the last 10 tax years. | more

National Insurance Contributions

9 October 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of people in Cambridgeshire and the UK who do not meet the required level to qualify for the basic state pension in each of the last 10 tax years have made voluntary Class 3 contributions. | more

Electronic voting - a risky option

4 October 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly gave a speech on electronic voting to the Open Rights Group during the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool. | more

Companies House

17 September 2007 : Written Question

Jonathan Djanogly asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how Companies House will report following the introduction of the Companies Act 2006. | more

Analysing the Practical Aspects of the Companies Act 2006

5 September 2007 : Speech

Jonathan speaks to the Chartered Secretaries Professional Practice Group 6th Annual Technical Conference | more

Public Defender Service: Pilot Schemes

23 July 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment the Government have made of the Public Defence Office pilots. | more

Public Defender Service: Pilot Schemes

23 July 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the expected completion dates are of the public defence pilots in Swansea, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Cheltenham and other locations. | more

Public Defender Service: Standards

23 July 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the comparative cost and quality of service of the Public Defender Service Office and private sector criminal defence lawyers. | more

Public Defender Service: Liverpool

23 July 2007 : Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost was of establishing the Public Defender Service Office in St. John's Street, Liverpool; and what its running costs have been since establishment. | more

Alleged Overseas Corruption debate

16 July 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly calls for clearer legislation to tackle overseas corruption. | more

Legal Services Bill

4 June 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly broadly supports the Bill which addresses some of the issues that have led to a lack of consumer confidence in the legal profession, but is concerned that the Government now plans to reverse improvements made by the House of Lords. | more

Coal Health Claims

23 May 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly offers his support to miners still seeking compensation and calls the DTI and its Ministers to account for their mismanagement of coal health compensation claims. | more

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill

18 May 2007 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly calls for a balance to be struck between ensureing that freedom of information requests can be made without excessive intrusion. | more

Education for the Disadvantage

15 May 2007 : Speech

Speech given to the Chartered Accountants Livery Company | more

What is London's future as a financial services centre?

16 January 2007 : Speech

Speech given to the London School of Economics | more

Promoting Responsible Business

15 January 2007 : Speech

It was during the course of the Companies Bill through Parliament last year when I realised that there is an urgent need for Government, business, customers, NGO’s and the wider voluntary sector to start to formulate ideas around the promotion of responsi | more

Djanogly delivers speech to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

13 December 2006 : Speech

A New Claims Process - Putting Victims First ? | more

Companies Bill - Duty to provide information about exercise of voting rights

19 October 2006 : Speech

Jonathan Djanogly moves: 'Institutions to which section 1241 applies shall publicise on their website, in relation to each opportunity that they have to exercise voting rights attached to shares to which that section applies, whether or not they have exer | more

Companies Bill: Companies required to have at least one Director who is a natural person

17 October 2006 : Speech

Supporting young entrepreneurs | more

Companies Bill: Duty to promote the success of the company

17 October 2006 : Speech

After seven years of consultation and 10 months of Bill process, involving several thousand amendments—650 of them tabled by the Government in the past week—we near the end of the process on the largest Bill in history. | more

Companies Bill: Clause 260 Derivative Claims

17 October 2006 : Speech

Despite amendments in the other place, which have improved clause 260, part 11 dealing with derivative claims is a complex area that still gives many much concern. | more

Company Law Reform Bill: Enjoyment or exercise of members' rights

20 July 2006 : Speech

Jonathan fights for nominee shareholder voting rights | more

Company Law Reform Bill: Derivative Claims

13 July 2006 : Speech

Will it become easier to sue company directors? | more

Company Law Reform Bill

11 July 2006 : Speech

Duty to avoid conflict of interests. | more

Company Law Reform Bill: Directors Duties

11 July 2006 : Speech

Will directors have to take on more liabilities? | more

Protecting Shareholders from extremists and criminals

22 June 2006 : Speech

It of interest that when the matter was first discussed in Grand Committee in the Lords, the question of denying access was not raised from the point of view of extremist activity. | more

Companies Bill (Second Reading)

6 June 2006 : Speech

We have had an interesting debate, although it has focused on only some 20 of the 950 clauses in the Bill. | more

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

15 May 2006 : Speech

This has been a complicated debate, not helped by the Government’s ineptitude over recent months in taking the Bill through the House. | more

Small Claims Court

30 March 2006 : Speech

This report has provided a useful and insightful analysis into the small claims system in this country. | more

Operating and Financial Review

16 March 2006 : Speech

This is a story of incompetent government, the misleading of British companies, the failure of co-operation between the Department for Trade and Industry and the Treasury, and a fundamental misunderstanding of the needs of British business on the part of | more

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

9 February 2006 : Speech

This has been a very interesting debate and the value and weight of the contributions, from all parts of the House, has been significant. | more

Coroners System (Reform)

6 February 2006 : Speech

In the context of Harold Shipman, the Hatfield rail crash and the more recent example, which she mentioned, of the July bombings, effective coroners' courts and the investigation of death are highly sensitive issues. | more

Criminal Defence Service Bill

13 December 2005 : Speech

The Bill allows for the power to grant rights to representation to be transferred from the courts to the Legal Services Commission, introduces a means test for the grant of such funding and provides for contribution orders based on means. | more

European Evidence Warrant

1 December 2005 : Speech

First, I congratulate the European Scrutiny Committee on its work in relation to the framework decision and on drawing attention to some serious concerns throughout its several comprehensive reports. | more

Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (codes of Practice) Order 2005

30 November 2005 : Speech

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2005 comes into force on 1 January 2006 | more

Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (codes of Practice) Order 2005

30 November 2005 : Speech

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2005 comes into force on 1 January 2006... | more