Schedule 6
Commons Bill [Lords]
3:45 pm
Jim Knight (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
I think that I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that invitation to a party that I am now going to host. I am sure that it is something that we can consider, because it is proper that everybody should be thanked, particularly my officials. Much praise was given to them on Second Reading on account of the clarity of the explanatory notes. I hope that they have also made my notes clear—their in-flight refuelling has been prompt and effective. I should also like to thank the Whip for his work in steering us almost exactly to time.