I am grateful to the noble Lord for saying that he will write to us with some of the evidence. One of the issues he relied upon for removing this legislation is that there are few prosecutions; that is an entirely valid point. However, could it be that there are few prosecutions because the law is working?
Deregulation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Smith of Basildon
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 6 November 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Deregulation Bill.
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