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Legal Services Bill [HL]

Not for a long time. I have been too busy reading the Select Committee reports to have time to read Edgar Allan Poe at the moment, but now that the noble Lord has reminded me, that is what I shall do. The policy statements set out in the clause relate back to the powers of the board. We laid them out because we believe it is right and proper that the regulators should know the policy of the supervisory board for the areas where it has clear powers. They are not meant to be detailed, over dramatic policy statements, but it is important that people know the direction and the way in which we propose to tackle and to handle these issues. That is how I see them. It is worth reminding the Committee that although, mutatis mutandis, I accepted things in principle yesterday, I have been very clear about the nature of the representations of the professional bodies. It is worth referring back to that as well. That is why those are laid out in that way; it is not an attempt to be heavy-handed but to make it clear that the board has responsibilities to the regulators.