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Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all Members of the House not only for giving their warm support to the Bill but for doing so expeditiously. I do not know whether I should be grateful to my honourable friend Willie Rennie for describing my charm as being a necessary component of my speech today because I had hoped that it would be my eloquence and persuasive powers. Nevertheless, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Bradshaw and to the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, who in his usual assiduous way has looked even to the detail of the Bill. I hope that the response of the Minister on the exact definition of compensation has satisfied him. I want to underline the point made by the Minister that the emphasis has to be that the vast majority of approved driving instructors are not going to be affected by the Bill. Only a tiny minority will be, and perhaps even fewer now that this Bill deals with those who can be considered not to be fit and proper persons. There will be exceptional safeguards to make sure that the new regime works well. I am grateful to the Minister for emphasising that trainee instructors, who are not so numerous, will also be covered. Again, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate and I ask that the Bill be given a Second Reading. Bill read a second time and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.