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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

I went from hot to cold and cold to hot there. I listened to what the Minister said. At first I thought that he was not going to accept this at all. I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Desai, and then to the Minister. What they were saying was the opposite of what the noble Lord, Lord Dahrendorf, said in his report. He said that it is not the parliamentary procedure but the lack of political will for a Minister to drive deregulation programmes through, which makes it unsuccessful. So in actual fact the noble Lord was not in agreement with either noble Lord. I am sorry that the noble Lord, Lord Neill of Bladen, did not like my wording, because I know him to be a distinguished lawyer. I hope that we will be able to come up with acceptable wording. At least this is the first amendment tonight on which we have moved anywhere, so I am grateful for that. At this stage, therefore, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.