Clause 16
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
11:45 am
Simon Hughes (Party President, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities; North Southwark and Bermondsey, Liberal Democrat)
I thought that that was probably the answer. Can I make a plea that, as soon as we can, we make a point of having regular plain English readability checks? During the passage of the Bill, we are going to go on to talk about consumer panels. Logically, somebody other than us should look at draft legislation, because we see measures like this all the time and might become immune to them. My plea is that the Ministry of Justice, in its present life and its life after next Wednesday, view that as a high priority.