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Business of the House

When I recently asked the Leader of the House about the debate on police restructuring, he said that he was"““confident that there will be every opportunity to discuss any decisions before they are implemented.””—[Official Report, 10 November 2005; Vol. 439, c. 490.]" That perhaps reveals his thinking. I should draw his attention to the fact that we like to discuss such decisions in this House before they are taken, not implemented. As he should be aware, most of the proposed changes do not require primary legislation to be brought before the House, so there will be no opportunity to debate such legislation in detail on Second Reading. I, too, urge him to reinstate the debate for next Thursday.