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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

5: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause— ““Annual report (1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year, the Director must prepare an annual report for the financial year. (2) The annual report must state how the Director has carried out the functions of the office in the financial year. (3) The Director must send a copy of the report to the Lord Chancellor. (4) The Lord Chancellor must— (a) lay the copy of the report before Parliament, and (b) arrange for it to be published. (5) In this section ““financial year”” means— (a) the period beginning on the day on which section 4 comes into force and ending on the following 31 March, and (b) each successive period of 12 months.”” Amendment 5 agreed. Amendment 6 Moved by