Clause 29 - Hearing witnesses abroad through
Crime (International Co-operation) Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Coventry North East, Labour)
In principle, I would accept what the hon. Gentleman is saying, if it were not for the fact that we are talking about the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, whose function is to consider proposals for delegated powers and decide whether they are set at a particular level. It took such action and said nothing about it. If it had thought that the negative procedure was inappropriate, it would be pretty strange that it said nothing about it.