My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for having written to explain the reasons for the amendments. I find them acceptable. On Question, amendment agreed to. These are drafting amendments which simply tidy up the Bill.
None is substantial.
The Government have chosen to lay them now so that the Bill is in as good a shape as possible before it enters the other place. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to. This subsection does not prevent a sum from carrying statutory interest by reason of the fact that a court, arbitrator or arbiter would, apart from this Act, have power to award interest on it. A debt does not carry statutory interest if or to the extent that it is of a description specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.