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Legal Services Bill [HL]

I hear what the noble Lord is saying and I need to take more advice on that. I recognise that he is seeking not to have interference, as suggested initially by the Joint Committee, and to ensure that the tribunal is independent in the way that it makes its decisions. We believe that we have captured that but, as ever, I shall look at the matter. Our proposals are based on what Sir David Clementi said originally, which aimed to ensure that there was a process in place—and we have moved off the Master of the Rolls for the reasons that I have given—in which there would be an opportunity to review the way that the tribunal operated by itself. There would be a process, but I shall reflect on what the noble Lord has said.