Member

Consequently, I support the noble and learned Lord because I fear that we need more time. I believe it would be possible for noble Lords to speak more briefly, not to repeat what other noble Lords have said and to recognise that they do not have to say everything they have written down in their speeches. At the end of the day, we have to get it through. The reputation of this House is at stake. I ask the Government to help us on this and I ask Members to keep everything brief, tomorrow and onwards, and get through it. If we do not, what the public will say—quite apart from the House of Commons—will not redound to the credit of this House. If the Government cannot help us, it will not do their reputation any good if it is clear that we wanted more time and they could not give it to us.