Amendment 1

Part of Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL] - Committee – in the House of Lords at 3:45 pm on 10 June 2019.

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Photo of The Earl of Listowel The Earl of Listowel Crossbench 3:45, 10 June 2019

My Lords, before that happens, I express my apologies for not being able to take part at Second Reading. I thank the Minister for asking his office to contact me and I am sorry that I delayed replying until Friday. I just want to comment on the family test. This was introduced in 2014 to be applied to Bills and involved a number of questions such as, “What kind of impact might the policy have on family formation?” and “What kind of impact might it have on stability in the family?” Although the test is not mandatory, this seems an appropriate Bill to have had it applied to, and I simply express the wish that in the future it might be applied to Bills similar to this one.