Clause 3
6:00 pm
David Ruffley (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Bury St Edmunds, Conservative)
I am struggling to understand why there are not arrangements under existing statute or common law in respect of a senior officer who wishes to terminate his service before the expiry of the fixed term. I do not know how the system operated before the Bill was drafted. What problem is the clause seeking to deal with? Did provisions under statute or certain cases cause difficulty so that such a clause was required? I am genuinely puzzled about whether such matters were catered for prior to the Bill.