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Consumer Rights Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 24 November 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Consumer Rights Bill.

My Lords, I will reply to that very briefly. I thought that I made it clear that the amendment is really provoked by the expanding

jurisdiction in Schedule 8. The present position copes satisfactorily—it is not the ideal situation—but the expanded jurisdiction will greatly increase the workload of the tribunal and its visibility, because it is going to deal with private litigation as well as the regulatory authorities. It is that particular feature that is concerning the Lord Chief Justice and, I dare say, his equivalents north of the border and in Northern Ireland. I do not want to criticise anybody on the tribunal at the present time; I am trying to look forward to the expanded jurisdiction and see that it is served as well as possible.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
757 c732 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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