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Legal Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, in the light of the fact that the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, has not had my letter, I am concerned that other letters may not have been received, despite the fact that I signed them before I went away. Therefore, I shall seek to write again to noble Lords setting out this matter clearly. There is nothing between us on this. The clause is intended to enable balancing of the objectives but it is not intended to enable the Legal Services Board to operate outside the objectives. I take very seriously the fact that noble Lords with great legal experience have looked at this issue, but I have gone as far as I can in seeking legal advice to ensure that the clause does not enable the board to operate in that way. Perhaps it would be better if I set out again why we are clear about this, and noble Lords can come back at Third Reading if they think that I have not achieved that.