Clause 16 - Super-affirmative resolution procedure
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
6:00 pm
Oliver Heald (Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Assisted By Shadow Solicitor General), Constitutional Affairs; North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
I do not know whether my hon. Friend would agree, but the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 was in force and considered to be the main option for the Government for only a short period. Four years later, here we are with a new Bill, so we have seen the operation of that mechanism for only a short time. In those circumstances, is it not important to include in the Bill the protection that one feels necessary?