Mr. Mark Garrett:

I am not sure it will be pithy. There is some counterintuitive thinking to be applied to this issue. We are stating clearly that the Bill, as currently drafted, would mean more work and business for solicitors. Someone going to an auction process would take a pack and supply it to a bidder. If there are three, four or five people bidding on a property, the pack would be supplied to each of them. Each bidder, in turn, would give it to his or her solicitor. Each solicitor will then investigate the pack and will put any questions relating to it to the seller's solicitor. Instead of having one solicitor on both sides, there will potentially be five or six.