Member

This process was established following the royal warrant of 2004, which was itself made necessary by the last Labour Government’s constitutional changes. So this is a problem of the Labour Party’s making. Again, it is another example where it has had a long time to complete some second-stage reform, but has failed to do so. The current system, as I have set out, is not straightforward; it might be good for lawyers, but not for anybody else. Would it not be simpler to have this system set out in the Bill, rather than it hiding away under the royal warrant and guidance from the Ministry of Justice? The Government have set out their intentions in the Explanatory Notes, and I do not disagree with them and the principle behind which the Explanatory Notes and my amendment sit; I really seek to have those intentions reflected in the statute.