Member

There is a lot in this Bill that is genuinely novel. The Minister has referred to that, and I understand her point when she has been answering, “Some of this is novel, so we can’t put it on the face of the Bill”. But that is why there is anxiety. There is already anxiety from outside, never mind from inside this House. For what it is worth, it is not being directed personally at the Ministers in this Chamber—I have been in their shoes myself before, so I appreciate their position—but the Government need to think carefully. I understand that there are even more amendments coming—which they are bound to be, because this Bill has been written in haste. I can imagine that OPC has been working assiduously, as have been the policy officials and others, to try to address some of the challenges that we face.