Schedule 7
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill
3:15 pm
Vera Baird (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs; Redcar, Labour)
The same amendment was withdrawn in Grand Committee in the other place. As the hon. Gentleman has said, schedule 7 provides for the removal of appointees on the grounds of inability and misbehaviour. That is in line with the criteria for removing judges, so we think that it is the right approach. If it is deemed necessary to make explicit reference to specific kinds of misbehaviour or inability, that can be covered in the terms of appointment, for which provision is made in paragraph 3(1).
I am sorry to disappoint the hon. Gentleman that we do not accept the amendment, but let me reassure him that he has triumphed time and time again in the Committee by the clarity of his argument.