Legal Services Bill
Public Bill Committees
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 1st sitting (9 speeches)
[Frank Cook in the Chair]
- Clause 1 (43 speeches)
The regulatory objectives
- Clause 2 (1 speech)
The Legal Services Board
- Schedule 1 (56 speeches)
The Legal Services Board
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
[Frank Cook in the Chair]
- Schedule 1 (111 speeches)
The Legal Services Board
- Clause 3 (14 speeches)
The Board’s duty to promote the regulatory objectives etc
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 3rd sitting (1 speech)
[Frank Cook in the Chair]
- Clause 4 (8 speeches)
Standards of regulation, education and training
- Clause 8 (29 speeches)
The Consumer Panel
- Clause 10 (18 speeches)
Representations by the Consumer Panel
- Clause 11 (14 speeches)
Advice and research functions of the Consumer Panel
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 4th sitting (0 speeches)
[Frank Cook in the Chair]
- Clause 11 (17 speeches)
Advice and research functions of the Consumer Panel
- Clause 12 (51 speeches)
Meaning of “reserved legal activity” and “legal activity”
- Schedule 2 (3 speeches)
The reserved legal activities
- Clause 13 (8 speeches)
Entitlement to carry on a reserved legal activity
- Clause 14 (5 speeches)
Offence to carry on a reserved legal activity if not entitled
- Clause 15 (79 speeches)
Carrying on of a reserved legal activity: employers and employees etc
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 5th sitting (1 speech)
[Frank Cook in the Chair]
- Clause 15 (88 speeches)
Carrying on of a reserved legal activity: employers and employees etc
- Clause 16 (4 speeches)
Offence to carry on reserved legal activity through person not entitled
- Clause 17 (8 speeches)
Offence to pretend to be entitled
- Clause 18 (14 speeches)
Authorised persons
- Schedule 3 (4 speeches)
Exempt persons
- Schedule 4 (2 speeches)
Approved regulators
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 6th sitting (0 speeches)
[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
- Schedule 4 (5 speeches)
Approved Regulators
- Clause 23 (2 speeches)
Transitional protection for non-commercial bodies
- Clause 28 (3 speeches)
Approved regulator’s duty to promote the regulatory objectives etc
- Clause 29 (16 speeches)
Prohibition on the Board interfering with representative functions
- Clause 30 (4 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 31 (25 speeches)
Performance targets and monitoring
- Clause 32 (0 speeches)
Directions
- Clause 35 (0 speeches)
Public censure
- Clause 36 (7 speeches)
Public censure: procedure
- Clause 37 (12 speeches)
Financial penalties
- Clause 41 (0 speeches)
Intervention directions
- Clause 42 (4 speeches)
Intervention directions: further provision
- Clause 45 (0 speeches)
Cancellation of designation as approved regulator
- Clause 49 (10 speeches)
The board’s policy statements
- Clause 51 (5 speeches)
Control of practising fees charged by approved regulators
- Clause 54 (6 speeches)
Regulatory conflict with other regulatory regimes
- Clause 55 (4 speeches)
Provision of information to the Board
- Clause 56 (10 speeches)
Enforcement of notices under section 55
- Clause 63 (4 speeches)
The Board’s designation under section 62(1)(a)
- Clause 71 (11 speeches)
Carrying on of activities by licensed bodies
- Clause 72 (19 speeches)
“Licensable body”
- Clause 80 (5 speeches)
Function of appellate bodies
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 7th sitting (0 speeches)
[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair ]
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 8th sitting (0 speeches)
[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
- Schedule 13 (8 speeches)
Ownership of licensed bodies
- Clause 90 (0 speeches)
Duties of non-authorised persons
- Clause 91 (6 speeches)
Duties of Head of Legal Practice
- Clause 95 (7 speeches)
Financial penalties
- Clause 98 (3 speeches)
Referral of employees etc to appropriate regulator
- Schedule 14 (3 speeches)
Licensing authority’s powers of intervention
- Clause 104 (5 speeches)
Prevention of regulatory conflict: accounts rules
- Clause 105 (0 speeches)
Trade union exemptions
- Clause 106 (0 speeches)
Power to modify application of licensing rules etc to special bodies
- Clause 108 (8 speeches)
“Low risk body”
- Clause 109 (4 speeches)
Foreign bodies
- Clause 110 (2 speeches)
Reporting requirements relating to Part 5
- Clause 111 (0 speeches)
Interpretation of part 5
- Clause 113 (3 speeches)
Overview of the scheme
- Clause 114 (1 speech)
The Office for Legal Complaints
- Schedule 15 (8 speeches)
The Office for Legal Complaints
- Clause 121 (6 speeches)
Performance targets and monitoring
- Clause 122 (3 speeches)
Appointment of the Chief Ombudsman and assistant ombudsmen
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 9th sitting (1 speech)
[Frank Cook in the Chair]
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 10th sitting, part 1 (1 speech)
[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
- Clause 138 (18 speeches)
Limitation on value of directions under the ombudsman scheme
- Clause 140 (3 speeches)
Acceptance or rejection of determination
- Clause 143 (38 speeches)
Handling of complaints by approved regulator
- Clause 144 (11 speeches)
Reporting misconduct
- Clause 150 (5 speeches)
Enforcement of requirements to provide information or produce documentation
- Clause 158 (0 speeches)
Approved regulators not to make provision for redress
- Clause 173 (6 speeches)
Funding
- Clause 174 (12 speeches)
The levy
- Clause 177 (5 speeches)
Duties of regulated persons
- Legal Services Bill [Lords], 10th sitting, part 2 (1 speech)
[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] [Continuation from column 432]
- Schedule 16 (30 speeches)
The Law Society, solicitors, recognised bodies and foreign lawyers
- Clause 182 (3 speeches)
Unqualified person not to pretend to be a barrister
- Schedule 17 (0 speeches)
Licensed conveyancing
- Clause 188 (3 speeches)
Claims management services
- Clause 191 (0 speeches)
Legal professional privilege
- Clause 192 (3 speeches)
Rights of audience etc of employees of housing management bodies
- Clause 194 (12 speeches)
Solicitors to public departments and the city of london
- Clause 195 (2 speeches)
Payments in respect of pro bono representation
- Clause 198 (2 speeches)
Offences committed by bodies corporate and unincorporated bodies
- Clause 208 (0 speeches)
Interpretation
- Clause 212 (6 speeches)
Commencement
- Clause 215 (1 speech)
Short title
- Schedule 21 (1 speech)
Minor and Consequential amendments
- Schedule 23 (0 speeches)
Repeals
- Schedule 24 (0 speeches)
Index of defined expressions
- New Clause 3 (0 speeches)
Professional representations ‘Section 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to representations by approved regulators whether in their regulatory or representive capacity.’.—[Mr....
- Written evidence (4 speeches)
Ordered, That certain written evidence already reported to the House be appended to the proceedings of the Committee.—[Bridget Prentice.]
