Member

As the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, mentioned, this amendment is the same as an amendment we previously laid, along with the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. In doing so, we had many meetings. On each occasion, we were told the same thing: Ministers were aware, sympathetic to the cause and looking at the issue. We were assured that conclusions would follow. Indeed, Minister Sarah Sackman, who then brought forward yet another consultation, said the same thing. Yet here we are, two years later, 12 months after my most recent ministerial meeting, and even after the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, said at the Dispatch Box: