Perhaps I can try to answer the hypothetical question. The answer is: possibly. It would have been possible under Clause 14(1) for the LBRO to give advice to Ministers or Welsh Ministers but, because we think that it is an important part of its role—I hope that the Committee will agree with that—it is set out in the Bill in Clauses 9 and 10.
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bach
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 January 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL].
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