Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 62: 62: Schedule 7, page 140, line 37, leave out ““or without cause”” and insert ““or insolvency, or— (a) that the member has been absent from meetings of the Council for a period longer than 6 months without permission, (b) that the member has been convicted of a criminal offence, or (c) that the member is otherwise unstable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member of the Council.”” The noble Lord said: The amendment deals with the section dedicated to the term of office of appointed members of the council. Paragraph 3(5) states: "““The Lord Chancellor may remove a person appointed under paragraph 1(2) on the ground of inability or misbehaviour, or without cause””." The expression to which I wish to address the Minister’s attention is ““or without cause””. As she will see, we have suggested an alternative draft setting out what we consider to be the appropriate criteria to which the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor ought to address himself. In our view, ““without cause”” is too vague and too ill defined in the context of what is a very important decision. I beg to move.