Legal Services Bill [HL]

I suppose that in this amendment we seek not to lose the ground that we have gained. We have now persuaded the Government to have as one of the regulatory objectives, "““encouraging an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession””." However, we do not want the words, "““so far as is reasonably practicable””," to restrict in some way the victory that we have achieved in persuading the Government to include that regulatory objective. We are really asking the Minister to explain why she thinks that the words, "““so far as is reasonably practicable””," are necessary.