Clause 8 - Expenditure
Mental Capacity Bill
4:15 pm
Mr Tim Boswell (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Daventry, Conservative)
I am almost convinced by the Minister's eloquence—and if not by that, by the hour. We should take away what he said and consider it. Clearly, there is good practice. I confess again that I have not checked with the code to see whether reference is made to such matters. We shall
have much more to say about financial propriety later; in a sense, it is secondary to the issues of life and death that we have spent most of our time on today, and I do not want to put it on the same parity. However, worries remain, and on the whole, they are not about the milk bill. I understand the Minister's point about red tape and de minimis. Equally, it would be difficult for an attorney to pay out for the milk bill without the milk bill receipt being in front of him to prove that the expenditure took place. However, we can now let the
matter rest, and I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause 8 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Further consideration adjourned.—[Ms Bridget Prentice.]
Adjourned accordingly at half-past Four o'clock till Tuesday 26 October at half-past Nine o'clock.