Clause 84
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [Lords]
9:15 am
Simon Hughes (Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Attorney General, Constitutional Affairs; North Southwark and Bermondsey, Liberal Democrat)
My suspicions and fears are realised. We need to reflect on this point. The measure appears to be narrowly drawn. There are lots of Crown agencies; I do not know whether it applies, for example, to the Duchy of Cornwall, which owns estates over the road, including the Oval cricket ground, or to Crown property around Regent’s park, or to lots of other Crown lands. There will be cases of bills not having been paid that have no remedy. If the debtor is a Crown agency, how do people go about getting their money?