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Proceeding contribution from Earl of Onslow (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 19 July 2006. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill.

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

Perhaps I may help my noble friend. It is very simple. We do not trust Ministers. If you are me, you do not trust any Minister, however good, jolly, smiling and sweet they look at the moment. Governments cannot be trusted and if you give them more power—this point is so basic—they will use it. If you give children a toy, they will play with it. It is as simple as that. That is what some of us on this side of the House are getting upset about. It is not about the minutiae; it is not the disgraceful behaviour of the regulator to which my noble friend Lord Jenkin referred; it is the fact that we do not trust Governments.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
684 c1344-5 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Devolved matters Accountability Delegated legislation Committees Constitutional and administrative law Human rights Judiciary Exemptions Government departments Functions Legislation Powers of entry Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny Regulation Utilities Voting rights Taxation Speaker Statutory instruments
Legislation
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill 2005-06
Link
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