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Legal Services Bill [HL]

I prefer to complete my remarks. I have already given way twice. It might help if I conclude my argument before resuming my place. On a number of occasions, the Minister has said that she does not have an issue with the objective that we are discussing. That has been clear at every stage—the Government have accepted the recommendations of Sir David Clementi. But it is not clear that the Government are incorporating their decisions in the Bill. Considerable efforts have been made to find appropriate words to reflect the Government’s intentions. It will not do to tell us that they are there without being able to show us where they are in the Bill. At no stage have the Government succeeded in doing that to my satisfaction. I have acknowledged that this is not the final occasion on which we will consider these matters, but I hope that, although the Minister may not like our language, we shall at least get an admission from the Government today that there is a serious lacuna that needs to be filled.