Member

I welcome the amendments the Government have tabled today in response to the issues raised in Committee. My noble friend Lady Hamwee is ill today, unfortunately, and not able to take her place, so I hope the Minister will forgive me if I try to interpret what she would have said about this matter. The question is simply: is it correct that we should rely on the Secretary of State’s subjective consideration rather than have the change of statute before us today? Apart from that, I welcome that the Government have moved on this matter. They may not have moved as far as most people who talked to the Minister wanted, but we recognise that that change has taken place.