Clause 131
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [Lords]
12:15 pm
Jennifer Willott (Deputy Whip; Cardiff Central, Liberal Democrat)
I want briefly to highlight the views of the Liberal Democrats on the issue: unusually for this Bill, we do not agree with the Conservative amendments to this part. We feel that this is a matter that should be left to the discretion of the authorities when they are working out the circumstances of a particular case. We feel that the amendments are over-prescriptive, and that it should be left to the appropriate authorities as laid out in subsection (5) to determine their own procedures and make their own decisions on particular cases rather than having it laid out precisely in the Bill.