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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

That this House do not insist on its Amendments 3 and 4 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 4A and 4B. That this House do not insist on its Amendments 3 and 4 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 4A and 4B. 4A Page 3, line 22, leave out subsection (4) and insert— ““( ) But the Lord Chancellor— (a) must not give a direction or guidance about the carrying out of those functions in relation to an individual case, and (b) must ensure that the Director acts independently of the Lord Chancellor when applying a direction or guidance under subsection (3) in relation to an individual case.”” 4B Page 3, line 24, leave out ““about the carrying out of those functions”” and insert ““under this section””