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Compensation Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 17:"Page 3, line 33, leave out ““may”” and insert ““shall””" The noble Baroness said: My Lords, I apologise for the confusion that arose in the previous amendment. We will discuss that. Amendment No. 17 confirms what I committed to in Grand Committee and makes it mandatory for the Secretary of State to regulate directly if he has not designated a person to regulate claims management services. We are preparing a specification for how this option will work in practice should it be needed. I have explained to noble Lords something of that in our previous conversations this evening. Noble Lords will know how much I enjoy debates on changing ““may”” to ““shall””, and the debate we had in Committee on this point was no exception. I do not need to add anything further except to say that this amendment underlines our desire to ensure that this sector is regulated as soon as possible. I beg to move.