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Legal Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, whether that was respectful or not, I am not entirely clear; compared with some noble Lords’ remarks, that no doubt is the case. I am trying to reflect here how this will be seen by the general public. I am not saying, in the words of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, that there should be no influence brought to bear by the legal profession or by the Lord Chief Justice; I am saying that the appointment should not be subject to the veto that ““with the concurrence of”” actually means—that I am opposed to that.