Amendments
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
3:45 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
I was hoping to draw the Committee's attention to a single point that applies to clauses 51 and 52 to obviate the need for any further discussion of clause 52.
A mere statement of fact does not do anything very interesting; clause 51(a) could state ''the sea contains fish.'' I am concerned that these schedules might not become part of the Bill merely by a statement that refers to what is contained within them. Why does clause 51 not state that schedule 1 shall have effect, s well as that it contains minor and consequential amendments, and why does clause 52 not contain a provision that states that schedule 2 shall have effect? As far as I am aware, that has always been the conventional form.