Clause 4 - Subordinate legislation
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
10:45 am
David Howarth (Shadow Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Cambridge, Liberal Democrat)
We are all in the same position. Having heard the Minister’s explanations, we need to go away and think about the implications, so I shall not press my amendments either. However, I should like the Committee to note that the Minister’s position appears to be that the Government will accept no any limitation on the purposes to which the Bill can be put and the subject matter to which it applies. In each of the Minister’s responses, he has relied entirely on the possibility of procedural protection. I am afraid that, from my point of view, that will not be enough; as the Bill goes forward, I will be looking for more reassurance than simply procedural protection.