Clause 109
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Bridget Prentice (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice; Lewisham East, Labour)
I cannot speak for mainland Europe. There is a different system there, and I am not aware, as yet, of any country that will have something similar to this measure, although a number are keen to see how it works and are looking to us to lead the way.
I mentioned on Second Reading that there were aspects of the provision that would allow changes to be made in the Scottish system, as the Scottish Executive had asked us to provide. I am not aware that the Republic of Ireland has such a system, although it is also interested in seeing how it works. However, there are facilities across the English-Scottish border for organisations to work in both places.