Member

In consideration of the Private Member’s Bill, on which the Government continue to insist that they are neutral, so far they have refused to give any indication of how they might take forward aspects of the Bill, yet they seem to have made a commitment to the Scottish Government that they would do that or have a veto on how the Scottish Ministers might take forward parts of the Bill. I appreciate that the Minister has not been here on Fridays, and I would not expect her to be: the Bill by and large does not apply to Scotland. But now it does apply to Scotland, or it is intended to, especially the Bill that was brought from the Commons with further amendments tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer.