Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 70: 70: Schedule 12 , page 205, leave out line 20 The noble Lord said: My Lords, I had better take this opportunity to address this simple amendment. It arises out of another surprising display of unanimity at the last meeting of the Enforcement Law Reform Group. Bailiffs said to a man that they do not want the power to sit on a debtor. If a debtor is misbehaving, they are entirely content with the powers they have at the moment and do not want to put themselves in the position where they might be seen to have special privileges in dealing roughly with a debtor. They felt that that would not enhance the reputation of their profession or improve the circumstances in which they find themselves during their ordinary day-to-day business. I therefore propose to delete this sub-paragraph and I hope that the Government will at least agree to consider it. I beg to move.