Member

I have been extolling the importance of parliamentary scrutiny in regard to this, but Amendment 52 takes it too far. I was surprised by something in particular. Paragraph 4(3)(c) of the proposed new schedule that the noble Lord has prepared basically suggests that, wherever the Bill is presented, there will be a Joint Committee and, as long as that House says it is okay, it does not even go to the other House for consideration—the stages are all assumed to be there. Dare I say it? If it had said the House of Lords, I might be in agreement with him—not really. We know that, frankly, a Government can ram through anything when they have a majority in the Commons.