Member

The Minister has observed how the amendments from the House of Commons detail some further ways of making the process of opting out easier, but these relate much more to issues of timing, rather than the whole question of how difficult it is to exercise the right to opt out. I continue to hope that Ministers can be persuaded to reconsider their position to remove the obstacles—preferably to go down the route that I have suggested—and to make this process of opting out as easy as possible. Otherwise, I fear that we will have to go down this route many more times in the future.