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Legal Services Bill [HL]

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her reply. She will have heard the illustration I used to advance my argument. I take it from the fact that she made no reference to my illustration that she sees no difficulty in the representative arm of a body which also provides a regulator being entitled to represent its members in front of that regulator in certain circumstances. I take it also that the noble Baroness does not perceive that as being in any way prejudicial. There are other examples which might in the noble Baroness’s perception be less clear-cut. As I said at the outset, this is a probing amendment and I am not particularly attached to the wording we have used. I simply foresee that in certain circumstances ““prejudiced”” might not accurately deal with the problem we have identified. In order that we should not extend the debate further, I say simply that as the noble Baroness has kindly said she will reflect on the matter between now and Report, that is sufficient for me to say thank you. In those circumstances, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 28 agreed to. Clause 29 [Rules relating to the exercise of regulatory functions]: