Clause 8
5:45 pm
Ian Pearson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Economic and Business), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Dudley South, Labour)
At the risk of starting a competition on how many music titles one can get into a speech, let me say that the song remains the same when it comes to whether matters are put into the Bill or are contained in secondary legislation. We think as a matter of principle that the match rate is more appropriately dealt with in secondary legislation, because in the light of events, as we evaluate how the saving gateway programme develops, we might want to increase or reduce it.