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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

moved Amendment No. 12: Page 1, line 13, leave out ““, criminal or otherwise,”” The noble Lord said: I remind your Lordships, particularly the Minister, that Clause 1(3)(d) refers to, "““a sanction, criminal or otherwise, for doing or not doing anything in the course of any activity””." In the interest of economy of space—this is not a complicated point—it might be nice to leave out the words ““or otherwise”” and leave the provision referring to ““a sanction””. Can the Minister please explain, in words I can understand, what is added to the Bill by the inclusion of those two very simple words ““or otherwise””? My contention is that the words ““a sanction”” have the same meaning, so ““or otherwise”” could safely be left out. This is one of the very few times in my life when I am really confident that the Minister cannot resist the argument to leave out these two words, but of course my life is one of perpetual disappointment in this context. I beg to move.