Serious Crime Bill [HL]

I am grateful to the Minister for clarifying that, but whether HMRC’s functions could not fit within the economic well-being of the UK remains untested. I hear what the Minister says about how it would be interpreted today, but that is not my point: we are leaving in the Bill the possibility that the powers could be used other than on serious crime. If that is not a problem, I hope that the Minister does not resist the principle of an amendment limiting the powers to serious crime if that is honestly what the Government seek to achieve with the Bill. I am grateful to the Minister for explaining why the amendment is imperfect. That will help me to refine and hone it for a later stage of our proceedings. With that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Schedule 11 agreed to. [Amendment No. 128 not moved.] Clause 76 [Orders of the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers]: [Amendment No. 129 not moved.]