Part of Land Registration Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:50 am on 13 December 2001.
I am not entirely satisfied by that, nor indeed by the non-appearance of my hon. Friends. No doubt they are approaching as fast as the American marines are trying to track down Osama bin Laden.
I shall reiterate my concern in the hope that it will have an impact on the Minister. No one should be obliged to give information that they have not got or
could not reasonably get, especially if failing to fulfil the obligation might prejudice them in later proceedings about the accuracy of the register.
I am grateful to you, Mr. Illsley, for your indulgence in allowing me to repeat myself. As you will have noted, I have not done so before. Given the circumstances, I intend to divide the Committee.
Question put, That the amendment be made:
The Committee divided: Ayes 4, Noes 7.