Clause 5
Compensation Bill [Lords]
4:30 pm
Oliver Heald (Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Assisted By Shadow Solicitor General), Constitutional Affairs; North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
I can understand the hon. Gentleman wanting to defend the union he loves, but when it comes down to it, Raleys the solicitors has been done by the Law Society. That was the finding. But the trade union, the NUM, received £10 million, and it has not given a penny back. So who will regulate the union? That is the point. It is all very well to say, “It is only a few trade unions,” but it is only a few solicitors. We still regulate all them, because we cannot guess which one will misbehave.