Member

I implore the Minister to look at these amendments. They are fair amendments—they are not political grandstanding amendments but practical amendments. As my noble friend Lord Leigh said, exceptions have been made for public sector entities, and I do not think that it is beyond the wit of Ministers and the brains in the Treasury to extend that, even if it means just having an exemption for a period, whether that is a year or 18 months, as my noble friends and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, have said.