Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

It may be sensible for me to speak to whether Clause 17 should stand part of the Bill because one of my thoughts is one that the noble Lord, Lord Cope, has touched on, that is, if there is to be a provision for dissolution, one might want to see it linked to some sort of sunset provision. To have it unattached, as it were, leads me to my second point, which is simply to say that it is a little odd that a body created by primary legislation can be dissolved without further primary legislation. That is especially unusual since the LBRO will be able to make transfers, which presumably will include things like the enforcement of proceedings, to another body. I therefore support the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Cope.