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Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 13:"Page 4, line 45, leave out ““descriptions of person”” and insert ““on persons of a description””" The noble Earl said: My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment No. 20, which is very similar to Amendment No. 13. These amendments raise what I freely acknowledge is a minor drafting issue, but I hope that noble Lords will agree that there is some substance to them. Clause 6(2) states:"““The duty is to be imposed on persons or descriptions of person specified in the regulations””." In Grand Committee, I suggested that, simply in terms of good English, the wording here could be more felicitous because one cannot logically impose a duty on a description. A duty is imposed on a person. I have raised the issue again in the hope that the Minister will feel able to make this small adjustment. I beg to move.