Schedule - Repeals and revocations
Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill
11:00 am
Mr Phil Hope (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Corby, Labour/Co-operative)
Before we conclude our proceedings, I wish to say a few words. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hazel Grove on successfully piloting his Bill through Committee stage. We have had two very good sittings and have learned a great deal about beauty from the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings. He suggested that in future we might use indices of beauty. We shall see how that works in future legislation.
I wish to thank all the members of the Committee. We have had some very good debates on amendments and clauses. The Government were unable to accept everything that hon. Members would have liked, particularly today. It was unfortunate that after we went through six clauses to which I was able on behalf of the Government to accept, promote and welcome various amendments, today I was unable to do so. However, the spirit of the Bill is positive, and members of the Committee made powerful contributions. I thank them for that.
I wish to thank the Clerks, Hansard and all the officials who kept us in good order—not that we needed to be kept in good order. I also thank officials of the Department, who have provided a great deal of support to members of the Committee and to me in taking the Bill to the conclusion of its Committee stage.
Finally, I thank you, Mr. Hurst, for your chairmanship of the Committee. We asked for alacrity and thoroughness, and we got both. I am grateful for your efforts in that regard.