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Legal Services Bill [Lords]

I have already engaged in correspondence with the Lord Chief Justice and in discussions on how consultation would take place. I shall try to ensure that that information is made available to both Houses before the debate continues in the other place. To make a final point to Conservative Members on why they might want to rethink their approach to having a lay chair, I explained to the Lord Chancellor that our amendment would ensure that, whatever he may intend to do after he leaves Parliament, the one thing that he will not do is chair the legal services board. The amendment will ensure that neither he nor any other eminent politician and lawyer will be able to do so. He agrees that that is quite right. Amendment agreed to. Amendments made: No. 79, page 4, line 25, leave out 'on terms and conditions' and insert"'for a fixed period, and on other terms and conditions,'." No. 80, page 4, line 27, at end insert—