I cannot really call these probing amendments, because they were not really probing anything—they were really there to stick pins into people to get them to take a bit more interest in this area. But I think that my pins can now be removed. As has been said, the amendments are of interest and, where appropriate, they can be looked at again. I am delighted, and I am sure that my noble friend Lord Mendelsohn will be particularly pleased, that the ideas behind the proposal of a business debtor in possession can be given a bit more thought—and they certainly need it, since they were not meant to be finished in any form.
I was slightly trembling when the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, said that he had a few questions that he
wanted me to answer, because I am not the sort of person who can answer them, but I was lucky to have friends in the Room and did not get too far behind.
I thank noble Lords for the debate, which was meant genuinely to add something in the medium term. With that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.