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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

I take the hon. Gentleman’s point about the relationship between my hon. Friend the Minister and other hon. Members, but that is not the only relationship that matters—what matters is what happens daily in Departments in the quest for sensible deregulatory mechanisms. We want to raise that profile higher. We do not want to create any excuse for people to say, ““Ah, well, we ought to put that one on ice because the sunset clause is triggering a review process in a few weeks’ time.”” That is my concern. With those few remarks, I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister can make the kind of comments that I have suggested, with a view to ensuring that the spirit of the two points that we have addressed can be dealt with sensibly and constructively.