Clause 23 - Constables

Part of Railways and Transport Safety Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:45 pm on 11 February 2003.

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Photo of Anne McIntosh Anne McIntosh Shadow Minister (Transport) 3:45, 11 February 2003

The Minister moved the amendments very eloquently in the briefest possible fashion. If the amendments are necessary, and if they are so good, why were they not incorporated into the Bill at an early stage? The Minister must have known of the situations that the amendments address. Can he explain why they have been tabled at this late stage?