Clause 31
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
4:45 pm
John Mann (PPS (Rt Hon Richard Caborn, Minister of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Bassetlaw, Labour)
I hear what the Minister says. I am happy to leave the matter for her to contemplate, because there is a danger that the board could end up being too general. It will depend, of course, on whom the members are. If she is looking for suggestions to give the board proper teeth, my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham would be a suitable independent chair, but the position might be filled by someone who is over-disposed to favour the legal profession. The variation could be enormous. I leave it for the Minister to contemplate further, as later amendments might supplement the point more effectively. On that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.