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Bribery Bill [HL]

I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I am glad that I initiated it because I think it has thrown quite a lot of light on the real issues here. I am most grateful to my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay for tying it in so firmly with the very difficult question of facilitation payments. I suspect that that will come back to haunt us. As I said, I entirely agree with my noble and learned friend Lord Mayhew, and with the noble Baroness. I do not want a world of corruption. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Thomas: I want us to bear down on this. My first job before I came to the Bar was in Newcastle. I have forgotten the name of the fraudster, beginning with P, who gave a name for corruption to that whole area in the north-east.