Consequential Repeal

Part of Orders of the Day — Disqualifications Bill – in the House of Commons at 11:15 am on 25 January 2000.

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Photo of Andrew MacKay Andrew MacKay Conservative, Bracknell 11:15, 25 January 2000

I do not want to be drawn too far on that, because although I believe that the matter is in order I am not necessarily qualified to answer. I am not a parliamentary draftsman. However, if I was being asked my opinion—which I believe I was—I would say that the clause was probably unnecessary and that the Bill could have had at least one fewer clause, in which case we could have made more progress.