Clause 10 - Entitlement
Tax Credits Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire, Conservative)
I am grateful to the Minister, particularly for her expression of an affection that I reciprocate. She gave us an assurance on draft regulations. I do not imagine that she meant that that would apply to every regulation in the Bill before Report, but if she did mean that, it is welcome. Will she clarify her exact undertaking? That is not a criticism, but a request for information.
On her broader point, the Minister is correct that two wrongs do not make a right. I was uncomfortable about some things that happened in the past. Will she look back through all the regulations and consider whether any could be introduced under the affirmative rather than the negative procedure? One of my hon. Friends may wish to examine that on Report.