New Clause 5 — Delay in proceedings under section 13

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 5:45 pm on 16 May 2006.

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Photo of Jonathan Djanogly Jonathan Djanogly Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills), Shadow Solicitor General, Shadow Minister (Justice), Shadow Solicitor General 5:45, 16 May 2006

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Part of the problem is that the Government have been consistently late in responding to comments made in Committees and in producing draft clauses for review. We have been treating Report, to some extent, like Second Reading because we have not seen the clauses to comment on them.