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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

On Amendment No. 67, I am most grateful for what the Minister said. It is not a huge point, but it is worth raising and I am glad that he will think carefully about it. I have been given as near to a green light as I could expect on that one. On Amendment No. 71, what the Minister said was extremely reassuring to those of us who believe that government electronic systems—databases and so on—always work wonderfully and never go wrong. My experience in government was not like that, and the experience of the Government over the past few months has not been like that. The Minister paints a rosy picture of how it will all function through this magic database. He said that it would settle things once and for all. It will not. Changes will be going on the whole time: looking at our high street, branches of these great multiples open and shut with great frequency, as far as I can see. The database will be constantly changing. Nevertheless, what the Minister said gave at least some reassurance that the points are being considered and thought through. On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.