Part of Private Security Industry Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 24 April 2001.
The Minister has been forthright and open in saying that he does not have a brief on such matters. I am slightly surprised at that because when the matter was dealt with in another place, in response to Lord Gladwin of Clee, Lord Bassam said:
``If he has further questions, we shall try to deal with them during the Bill's passage through the House.'' —[Official Report, House of Lords, 5 March 2001; Vol. 623, c. 14.]
It seems odd that the Minister has not received that brief by now.