Legal Services Bill [Lords]

I absolutely was not arguing that the consumer should bear the cost. I was arguing that not all the costs should necessarily fall on the companies or individuals who have been complained about, and that there might be a public interest in some of that cost being met publicly and generally, so that the cost of the regulatory authority and what it does is not borne entirely by those whom it regulates. That does not put the burden on the little man or woman; it means that we—the people as a whole—share the responsibility.