Member

The amendments in the name of the noble Lords, Lord Murray of Blidworth and Lord Udny-Lister, discuss the question of threshold. Two figures are suggested: 300 with a qualifying condition to it, and 500 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Udny-Lister. Again, my noble friend Lord Harris of Haringey indicated that we have reached a consensus. The original Bill proposed by the previous Government had a figure of 100; I think that my noble friend himself, if he were put in court on oath, would say that he wished to have a figure of 100; and the Liberal Democrat Front Bench has said that it would like a figure of 100.