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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

I am extremely grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Jenkin and Lord Desai, for adding their voices to the debate. I am not sure that I am very sympathetic about legislative burdens. The Government have gone to Brussels and agreed these things. Now they propose to impose them on people running businesses in this country, but they will not explain what it is that they have submitted to. The Minister said that he did not like the second paragraph in my amendment. Very well, I have given him the reference. What is wrong with Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 3522, the Older Cattle (Disposal) (England) Regulations 2005, which contains in its schedule—this is what I was copying in my amendment—provisions applicable to operators of slaughterhouses? Under the heading, "““Provision of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96””," Article 1(2) states: "““Requirement that heads, internal organs and carcasses be permanently stained””." Then there is a whole list. What is wrong with that? Why does the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs produce that sort of document if the Government say that it is an administrative burden? What is wrong with the system that they have introduced? All that I suggested was that the Government might give an indication. Very well, if the Minister and the Government do not like it, we can take it out but the fact remains that the people on whom these impositions fall will have to undertake a major research project, as the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, said, before they can find out what is the offence that they might have committed. I find that unacceptable. Of course, I shall not press the amendment tonight, but I am very glad to hear a fairly sympathetic response from the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, and I hope that we can return to the matter later. For the moment, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 32 [Repeals and savings]: