Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)

I have huge respect for the noble Lord and thank him very much for the kind way in which he dealt with our discussion this week. That is why I said last week that colleagues could leave earlier if they had to travel back home. I fully accept the noble Lord’s point that when someone moves their amendment, they want to hear the response. If noble Lords find that they have to leave because of travel arrangements and cannot hear the response from the Minister, I am very happy to arrange for them to have a meeting or briefing to go through that response, rather than them having to read it in Hansard. I am trying to find ways to square an almost impossible circle here, but I appreciate the noble Lord’s comments.