Clause 11 - Supplementary
Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill
5:45 pm
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon, Conservative)
This is not about working on those elements within the bounds of the civil service, which can do whatever it likes. It is about bringing them to the surface.
The Minister is a good and decent person. Does he not feel grubby from assuming that this House and the other place will pass the Bill, without significantly amending it? Because the Government intend to have their way—come hell or high water—they are getting on with the detailed work of orders and the conduct of referendums. Does that not reveal the overweening arrogance of a Government with too great a majority who have been in office for too long?