Peter Aldous
The long-delayed second reading of the Aldous Bill, which aims to protect construction subcontractors by holding cash retentions in third party account, has been moved to 8 March.
The Bill was put forward by Conservative MP Peter Aldous following the collapse last year of Carillion.
The news came as supporters, the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), claimed that the chairs of 15 select committees from the four largest political parties, including Nicky Morgan, chair of the Treasury Committee, Yvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Committee, and Rachel Reeves, chair of the BEIS Committee, now back the Bill.
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