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Bribery Bill [HL]

My Lords, I support the substantive point made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, that the Department for Business—I forget the full title—should take the ultimate lead in determining the substance of the guidance that will be produced. I hope the Minister will understand that this is not in any way to knock the Ministry of Justice but to tie in the other department to the whole matter of bribery and corruption and our concerns that lay behind the Bill and our support for the Law Commission’s proposals. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Henley, that one would like to stick with the broad phrase "Secretary of State" in order to avoid the need for constant change when departmental nomenclature changes, but I fully support the substance of what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, said.