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Compensation Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 43:"Page 9, line 28, after ““professional”” insert ““and business””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, I intend to be brief because the amendment involves a small point. Amendments Nos. 43, 46 and 56 concern a number of references to professional conduct of authorised persons in the Schedule to the Bill. I raise this because it is hard, basically, to describe claims management as a profession. Admittedly, a considerable number of the people involved will be solicitors who are members of the profession, but there are also many people involved who are not. In those circumstances, it seems inappropriate to refer to professional conduct, simply and completely. Originally—in Grand Committee—I proposed to delete the word ““professional””; here I have come up with an alternative solution, which is to say ““professional and business””. That seems to be more appropriate than simply to refer to professional conduct. I beg to move.