Member

I agree with noble Lords, including my noble friend Lady Stowell, who say that this has been a sorry saga. I think we have taken far too long to get to this position. I think we may have reached a slightly different position. There has been much foot-dragging, and I think the Minister would agree. I saw and shared her frustration in the many questions that have been raised while the process was going on in the quasi-judicial manner that it has to under the regime. I think the Government have been a bit slow in responding to freedom of information requests and questions in Parliament. I think it has taken a circuitous route to get us here.