Member

First, the noble Lord can press his amendment and we as a House can accept the decision of the clerk as set out in the committee report, which Members and their families can avail themselves of and look at now. Secondly, the noble Lord can press his amendment and the House can decide that there has to be a statutory solution and vote for his amendment. The House would be saying in those circumstances that the only way forward is a statutory route. That would mean that the current arrangements that are in place, and that I took back as I was asked to do, would have to fall. The ruling by the Clerk of the Parliaments, which currently accepts the lasting power of attorney, could not continue if the House felt that the only way forward is a statutory route.