---

Legal Services Bill [HL]

I see the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, nodding in support; I save him getting up to do so. The purpose of setting that out is no more than to ensure that we enhance the transparency of what the board must do. It is meant to reflect that fact that, if the board is given powers, it is reasonable for those over whom it could exercise those powers to know what its policies are. It is not meant to be bureaucratic or heavy touch. It is simply meant to ensure that they get the right information. There is always a balance in legislation. I suspect that had I not put this in, it would have appeared as an amendment—not from the noble Lord, Lord Maclennan, of course. People, especially those who will be regulated, are reasonably concerned to know what the board is up to. I take the point that the noble Lord thinks that one might end up with something quite heavy. If I may, I shall take this to my honourable friend Bridget Prentice and ask her to write to the noble Lord—copying her letter to other noble Lords—about what she has in mind, what it might look like and what it might encompass in order to allay the noble Lord’s fears, or at least give him the opportunity to come back.