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Legal Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, on that point, the Government have said that legal disciplinary practices can come into place soon after Royal Assent. Perhaps the Minister could clarify exactly what the Government mean by that, because I do not think that the LDPs, as defined by Sir David Clementi—for example, where just one person, perhaps the finance or human resource director, is allowed to become part of the management structure and a partner in the firm—can happen until at least 2010, or even 2011. That point causes me some concern. Would the Minister be prepared to have a look at the sorts of examples that Sir David has given, just to ensure that we can have some fast-track procedure to allow that to happen without the great panoply and delay involved in awaiting the full structure?