Legal Services Bill [HL]

If the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chief Justice were consulted about a person and he said, ““No, you can't possibly have that individual chairing the Legal Services Board””, or whatever, I may be wrong but I cannot believe that the Secretary of State would ignore that. I suppose that is what gives rise to this issue. I look forward to the noble Lord’s support if we ever propose an amendment that includes the Lord Chief Justice in the Bill as being an individual with whom the Secretary of State should consult. Although I have probably not persuaded the noble Lord, I hope that I have explained that, in practical terms, the phrases would be more or less the same.