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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

I know where I am coming from—it is where I am going to that sometimes proves a little difficult. In practice, I would expect a Committee of this House to make use of the potential veto at any stage up to the point at which the order in question is issued; I would not want to insist that it be used only when the draft order is published. Let us consider the following example. An innocent-looking draft order affecting London museums met with the approval of the original consultees and, at first glance, of my predecessor Committee. But when it went out for broader public consultation, a legitimate authority expressed reservations and demonstrated to the Minister in question that an error had been made and that it was not appropriate. So one needs the power to exercise the veto at any stage, with or without statutory restrictions. Such a view is based on the undertaking given by the then Minister on Second Reading of the 2001 Act.