Clause 23
Welfare Reform Bill
9:15 pm
Danny Alexander (Shadow Minister and Disability Spokesperson, Work & Pensions; Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Liberal Democrat)
I am grateful to the Minister for that response for at least two reasons—perhaps three. First, I am not sure that I have been described as heavy-handed before. Secondly, one of the disappointments in this Committee so far is that we have not heard from the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire—by virtue of his position, I should add—so I am glad that his name will appear twice now in the record of the debate. I am grateful to the Minister for his reassurance, and I know that all the Opposition parties will be assiduous in scrutinising the draft regulations that are published in order to seek debates on a negative resolution when we consider them to be appropriate. With that in mind, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.