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Legal Services Bill [HL]

I am very grateful to the Minister. I apologise for failing to give her specific notice. I thought that the warning at Second Reading that I was going to raise this issue was enough, but it was not. I apologise wholeheartedly. I am still worried, though, about what she calls the statutory creature. If indeed the clause is limited in the way she has described, the wording should read, ““or any other body that has applied to become an approved regulator””. The phrase ““or any other body”” is very wide and open. I have read that the Government have persuaded the Committee, which I am slightly surprised about, given the phraseology. But the Minister has answered my point and promised to reflect on the questions I have asked. In that spirit, I accept what she has said and look forward to hearing further from her. Clause 68 agreed to. Clause 69 agreed to. Clause 70 [Carrying on of activities by licensed bodies]: