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The question of whether this is an appropriate use of the SI provision was raised by a number of noble Lords, including the noble Lords, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, Lord Trees, and Lord Cromwell, the noble Baronesses, Lady Miller of Chilthorne Domer and Lady Fox of Buckley, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester, and the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Sentamu, and possibly others as well. Let me say that when the Public Order Act 2003 was passed, Section 7 deliberately contained a power for a Secretary of State, in this case the Home Secretary, to amend if needed the features of key national infrastructure via secondary legislation. This allowed for speedier examination than primary legislation would normally permit.