Clause 55
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
6:45 pm
Henry Bellingham (Shadow Minister, Constitutional Affairs; North West Norfolk, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 253, in clause 55, page 31, line 6, at end insert—
‘(d) shall give a reason and explanation for such notice.’.
The amendment is simple. Subsection (2)(c) states that a notice
“may require any information to be provided, or document to be produced, to the Board or to a person specified in the notice”,
If a person receives the notice, I believe that a reason should be specified for such action. Such a probing amendment was introduced in the other place. We did not consider that it received a sympathetic response, which is why we are re-running it. I should be grateful if the Minister could now look sympathetically at the proposal because it would make clearer what the Government are trying to do and it would be fairer to all concerned if they would accept it.