Clause 16 - Publication of application for licence
Water Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster, Conservative)
That is a very good point, but unfortunately that suggestion is quite impossible, because the Government have not done their consultation first. No matter how much the Minister consults his civil servants, helpful though they might be, they will not be able to tell any of us what the future consultation will deliver. Although it is clear that we shall have to take the regulations after the legislation has been completed, we will not know what the consultation will deliver.
Although I recognise that the amendment is wholly flawed, I do not see how we can do anything—