Clause 3
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
6:00 pm
David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire, Conservative)
I note the Financial Secretary’s comments about giving greater flexibility to Parliament. If we were ever to give a veto power on appointments to Parliament, it would need to be contained in statute. I return to a question I raised earlier: whether he was objecting to Parliament ever having a veto role on executive functions. Does he not accept that in many countries, the United States in particular, using a veto is precisely what the legislature is able to do?