Clause 77 - Family Procedure Rule Committee
Courts Bill [Lords]
11:15 am
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
We are suggesting that the Bill should include the fact that there is a need for two people,
rather than one person, with current experience of the lay advice sector. Two people are set out in clause 83, so why not two people in clause 77? For clause 83, we have tabled a more restricted amendment to make it clear that we are talking about people with ''current'' experience.
We want to ensure that those who understand the lay advice sector are fully involved. People such as those in citizens advice bureaux feel strongly about that, so I hope that the Minister will be able to respond positively to what, after all, is a modest change to the Bill. Even if he cannot accept our proposed wording today, I hope that he will accept that it would be helpful to table something along these lines in a Government amendment at a later stage.