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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am not going to support this clause either. Nor on this occasion am I declaring an interest, because this is a bit of friendly, personal advice to my noble friend the Minister. Will he talk to his officials and to parliamentary draftsmen about the wording particularly of subsection (2) of this clause? I felt that it was not a clear answer to the issue of balance. The further we went on in the debate on the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, the more concerned I was about balance. The Government’s intention may well be benign, but that is not clear from the wording. We know that for particular words—including the word "particular", which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, spoke about—we need to have clarity on what they mean, as we do with the word "appropriate" and the word "efficient". I am not opposing this clause at all, but the wording needs another look. I would be grateful if my noble friend the Minister at least undertook to consult his officials on whether he could express it better.