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Legal Services Bill [HL]

I would not describe it as a sweeping-up paragraph. One of the great opportunities in setting up a regulatory framework of this kind with an overview is ensuring that particular areas of interest might be explored in an annual report. That might not necessarily involve being critical of the regulators—far from it. There may be areas of interest around what is happening in the range of services per se. As the noble Lord knows well from his own experience, it is difficult to define those circumstances. This is not meant merely to sweep up lots of different things; it is to accept that from time to time either the board or the Lord Chancellor in conjunction with the board might be interested in broader areas that may be of interest either to your Lordships’ House, another place, consumers or the professions. It is meant to be of that nature.