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Proceeding contribution from Viscount Bledisloe (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 17 October 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Legal Services Bill [HL].


Legal Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, I do not think that is right. He may well be an ordinary member, but you can appoint an ordinary member and then appoint him as a chairman. It does not require the state of appointing him to be a chairman to have any concurrence at all. You have on the board a very amiable, ordinary member, who is appointed with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice. The chairman dies, for example, and the new appointment is made without even the Lord Chief Justice being asked. Is that not right?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
695 c752-3 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Advisory services Legal profession Finance Licensing Judiciary Legal opinion Dismissal Law Society Misconduct Membership Public appointments Pensions Ombudsman Staff Lord Chief Justice Regulation Trade unions Rural areas Solicitors Legal Services Board Alternative business structures Legal Services Consumer Panel
Legislation
Legal Services Bill (HL) 2006-07
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk