Clause 29
11:00 am
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall, Liberal Democrat)
I shall not detain the Committee long. I merely want to draw attention to subsection (3). The Government have vigorously made the point about the need for consistency and about how the Bill must apply in all cases—for example, with regard to a ballot across all parts of the country, although I am not threatening to revisit that argument. Subsection (3) clearly talks about a provision that applies
“generally or only for specified cases or which applies subject to specified exceptions;
(b) may make different provision for different cases or different areas”.
That tends to support the argument that there may be specific examples where different provisions may apply. I merely make that point in passing.