Member

We are legislating. If the amendment is passed, we create a two-tier system and we have the other problem that I just mentioned with respect to consent. I have no hesitation in accepting the point that the noble Baroness, my noble friend Lord Stansgate and everyone else has made: we all want the best for the commissioner and we all want the awful examples of bullying, sexism, racism and all the other things that a small number have participated in to stop. That is not the issue. The issue before your Lordships’ House is whether we pass something that is legislatively sound and gives the commissioner the powers that we want, in a way that is consistent with good practice.