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You could argue that a lot of this seems very outdated, but we know that Tony Blair thought the same about the office of Lord Chancellor and look what a mess he made of trying to get rid of it, with all the knock-on consequences. We can see how this would happen in the amendment from the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. Looking at the enormous list of things that he thinks must be removed and changed, you realise how many threads have to be pulled out. I ask: to what purpose?