Clause 7 - Control powers: supplementary
Export Control Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury, Conservative)
If the powers were not in the dummy orders, I would have supported the hon. Member for Twickenham in his amendment. However, the Minister is right—they are in the secondary legislation, and if it is the judgment of his Department that the provision will work, I see no objection to it. The hon. Member for Twickenham was right to raise the matter. He may have preferred to see it covered in the Bill, but the Secretary of State has the powers now and will have them in future, and I can therefore see no reason to object to the Minister's proposal.