Did you mean clock speaker:Lord Hammond of Runnymede?
Philip Hammond: ...from freedom of information provisions for commercially sensitive information. Let us be clear: what the Government are seeking to protect is not the commercial secrets of Northern Rock, but the cock-up that they have made of this whole fiasco since last September, which would be in danger of coming out if we got access to Northern Rock's information through the Freedom of Information Act.
Philip Hammond: Clause 1 grants the Secretary of State the power to call referendums in specific regions. The amendments deal with the pre-conditions for them. The Government are going off at half-cock. They are so anxious to proceed that they are building on sand. If they want regional devolution and elected regional assemblies, they should start by sorting out the regions. They should then ascertain...
Philip Hammond: .... This is the kind of measure that makes life much easier for the people running the Department. It covers all exits. Throughout the Bill there are provisions that say, ''If you make an order and cock it up, you can make another order that undoes it.'' Such provisions make life very easy for the people charged with doing the job. He needs to get a grip on his Department. He has given a...