Part of Orders of the Day — Work and Families Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:15 pm on 18 January 2006.
On Second Reading, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry undertook to attempt to get the draft regulations ready before the Committee completed its deliberations. That did not happen, and they are still not ready. Would it not have been better to allow the House to see the regulations at least to assist in the debates on such matters?