Part of Trade Bill - Committee (5th Day) – in the House of Lords at 9:45 pm on 13 October 2020.
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for that question. I have some skin in this game, because I was the author of the public appointments code in which these requirements appear. I shall certainly consider the point that he has raised and write to him about it, but, frankly, with no great confidence that I will agree with him when I do so.