Compensation Bill [HL]

That is phraseology that I have learnt. I do not dispute what the noble Lord seeks to do. That is an issue that I will have to look at. If the noble Lord is right that it does not have that effect, it becomes an even more appealing opportunity. At this stage, I am not certain. My advice is that we are not certain that that would be quite the effect. The noble Lord has said that what I described is not what he seeks to do. What he seeks to do, I can completely support. That is what I am trying to clarify. It is an issue that I need to look at very carefully. The advice I am receiving is that that may not be quite right. I also wondered—I take on board what the noble Lord said—why the noble Lord referred to the defendant rather than the court. I was not quite sure why, in his example, he referred to what the defendant might reasonably regard as opposed to what the court might reasonably regard. Will the noble Lord explain that a little more? I was not sure why he spoke about the defendant and not the court in that context.