Clause 2 - Statements of Inherent Risk
Promotion of Volunteering Bill
10:15 am
Ms Fiona Mactaggart (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Race Equality, Community Policy and Civil Renewal), Home Office; Slough, Labour)
I understand that. I am not trying to take up the Committee's time unnecessarily. I was seeking to use this opening discussion on clause 2 to address these matters because it is important to understand the heart of what the Government are trying to do. As clause 2 sets out the heart of the problem, I thought that it would be helpful if the Committee were to understand where we are coming from and what our concerns are. I am not playing a game here. The hon. Gentleman is generous in accepting the amendments but it would help our debate on later amendments on which we disagree if I set out the Government's approach now, because it has shifted since Second Reading. We have tried to look at the details.