Clause 10
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley, Liberal Democrat)
We are inclined to support new clause 3, the argument being that we are asking that the board consider any point made to it and to respond with reasons why it disagrees. That is entirely reasonable. There is an interesting legal question about whether it would have to do that anyway, but it is far better explicitly to include such a provision in the Bill. It is only reasonable that the board should respond in writing to representations made to it, giving reasons for disagreeing with them.