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Legal Services Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Monday, 16 April 2007, in the House of Lords.
Legal Services Bill (HL). Lords Report stage first day. Amendment 7 agreed to on division. Amendment 16 disagreed to on division. Part 2 of 3 records.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

691 c39-73 

Session

2006-07

Department

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Legal Services Bill (HL). As amended in Committee. In 2 volumes.
Tuesday, 6 March 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c67 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this issue and enabling me to talk a little mo...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c66-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16: 16: Schedule 1, page 113, line 17, at end insert ““secure that persons are...

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Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c67-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not in the Bill; it is the practice that is currently used by the Government. The Go...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c67 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would be of great assistance to the House if the Minister could point to the reference ...
Lord Kingsland | 691 c65 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, again I have to say that I am extremely disappointed with the reply of the noble Baroness....
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c66 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 15: 15: Schedule 1, page 113, line 17, after ““Lord Chancellor”” insert ““and ...
Lord Kingsland | 691 c66 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, they are not authorised persons any more. While I do not think the Government’s argument ...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c64-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I observe for the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lyell, that Peers are now allowed to serve ...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 691 c68 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is on the amendment, and I am rather puzzled. Does the chairman, the senior civil ...
Lord Kingsland | 691 c63 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 14: 14: Schedule 1 , page 112, line 26, leave out ““never been”” and insert ““...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c63 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 13: 13: Schedule 1 , page 112, line 15, after ““Lord Chancellor”” insert ““and...
Lord Kingsland | 691 c63 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness for her reply; but I will not disguise from your ...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c62-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, of course quoted me accurately. I took away this amendment...
Lord Kingsland | 691 c61-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 12: 12: Schedule 1, page 112, line 14, at end insert— ““(4) An order made unde...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c61 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 10: 10: Schedule 1, page 112, line 9, at end insert ““with the concurrence of ...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c60-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is fascinating that the Minister should give the example of the Financial Services Auth...
Lord Lyell of Markyate | 691 c64 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise almost as telegraphically as my noble friend to support this amendment, which I hop...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 691 c64 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I supported this amendment in Committee. I gave my reasons on that occasion. We want to ca...
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting | 691 c73 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before I adjourn the House for dinner, in view of our discussion just before the vote on t...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c70-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank noble Lords for a very interesting debate. I think that it is always open to noble...
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting | 691 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt but the noble Lord is now flouting those conventions.
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry, but I had sat down. I am not considering a form of words because the process, ...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 691 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not believe that it is flouting the conventions to ask the Minister before she has co...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 691 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sympathetic towards the amendment, although I am bound to say that I take the—
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c69 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and learned Baroness has breached all procedure on Report, but I am delighted wi...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | 691 c69 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether I could add one sentence. I am neutral about the amendment, but I have sa...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c69 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure if it would be a casting vote, but we will confirm that to the noble Lord. I...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 691 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understood that the Minister had merely given way to the previous speaker. I was hoping ...
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting | 691 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have been through several stages of the Bill; we have talked and talked and talked. We ...
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting | 691 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the noble Lord that after the Minister has spoken, unless for very carefully spec...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c69 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am always happy to supply help. I think the codes of practice are already in the Library...
Lord Neill of Bladen | 691 c39-41 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 7: 7: Schedule 1 , page 112, line 6, at end insert ““with the concurrence of t...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 691 c46 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, runs on to the rocks of logic. I understand wha...
Lord Whitty | 691 c45-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as anticipated by the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour, I am strongly opposed to the a...
Lord Slynn of Hadley | 691 c45 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there has been a tendency in recent years to say that judges must only judge and that they...
Viscount Bledisloe | 691 c47 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I venture to take part in this debate because a large part of my practice for the past 25 ...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 691 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps an innocent bystander—a member of the public and consumer—might join in at this po...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 691 c43-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by making a declaration of interest, as I am a practising member of the Bar and he...
Lord Borrie | 691 c42 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to question the purposes of the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Neil...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 691 c42-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the noble Lord aware of the fact that the Lord Chief Justice has many administrative ta...
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 691 c48-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since I have not spoken thus far, I am probably in order—even at Report stage. I do not pr...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 691 c48 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is contrary to the rules—well, not rules, but contrary to the Companion. This is Repo...
Lord Brennan | 691 c50-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest in that I was chairman of the Bar in 1999 during the passage of the ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 691 c49 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am probably better known as a supporter of the citizens and consumers out there than alm...
Lord Whitty | 691 c48 (Link to this contribution) Well, my Lords, he is part of the legal structure of this country. As far as the vast majority of th...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 691 c48 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Lord is making another speech, perhaps he should answer the question directly...
Lord Whitty | 691 c48 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, whether that was respectful or not, I am not entirely clear; compared with some noble Lord...
Lord Whitty | 691 c47 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House can ignore my remarks if it likes, but the point I was making was that the regul...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is always nice to have a new issue to consider in the course of our deliberations. I ha...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 691 c60 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8: 8: Schedule 1, page 112, leave out line 7 The noble Lord said: My Lords, t...
Lord Neill of Bladen | 691 c57 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one thing that I learnt at the Bar was to keep your reply short, otherwise your case usual...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 691 c56-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a question for the Minister. I was about to say ““my noble friend””, but in spirit ...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c57 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the debate has been extremely interesting, passionate and important, but it is at the end ...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 691 c56 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister sits down, in underlining the independence of the Lord Chief Justice s...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c56 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was not for one second suggesting that public perception was involved in this. I agree w...
Lord Kingsland | 691 c52-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all of us who tabled the amendment are extremely fortunate that it was introduced by the n...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c54-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, got one out of three right. I have absolutely no intention...
Lord Woolf | 691 c51-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with some hesitation that I intervene at this stage of the debate on this amendment....
Lord Borrie | 691 c43 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure whether my noble friend, or former noble friend, is asking me a question or ...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | 691 c46-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, clearly represents a considerable section of the punters. But...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 691 c61 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: 9: Schedule 1, page 112, line 9, leave out ““Secretary of State”” and inser...

Subjects

Codes of practice
Departmental responsibilities
Legal profession
Judiciary
Public appointments
Regulation
Legal systems
Overseas workers
Legal Services Board

Legislation

Legal Services Bill (HL) 2006-07

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