Member

Subsections (2) and (3) of my proposed new clause are designed to give a common framework agreement the same protection against what product regulations may provide for. Without that protection, agreements of that kind run the risk of being rendered unenforceable. As with Section 10 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act, I leave whether to exercise the power to the discretion of the Secretary of State. That is what the Government agreed to then, and I hope that the present Government will feel able to do the same in the case of this Bill. It is important because in view of the wide ranging-nature of the Bill, which everybody has commented on, it is quite impossible at this stage to work out exactly what is going to happen when these powers are exercised. That is why the protection I am seeking to insert into the Bill is so important for the protection of the devolved Administrations. I beg to move.