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Lord Kinnock Excerpts

Tuesday 1st November 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Kinnock]

My Lords, no one is arguing for simple maintenance of the status quo. When over half of the qualified people in this profession have made it clear that they are unwilling to register with a new body under the new framework because it implies cuts of up to 70 per cent of their incomes, does the Minister not think that the Government are taking a huge risk by pursuing this course without further review and that it will result in loss of quality, compromise justice—which is worst of all—and could end up ultimately, as the professionals warn, costing much more and not reducing costs?

[Lord McNally]

The noble Lord has listed all the campaign slogans, as it were.