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Banking Bill

Of course, that is right. I assume that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lyell, accepted that from my earlier remarks. We are talking about emergency provision and action. When an action has occurred it means that the authorities have taken responsibility for property and made very important decisions. In an emergency, by definition, they have taken a decision because of the threat to the financial system as a whole. Of course, the noble and learned Lord cannot be anticipating that 28 days later there would be an attempt to unscramble the actions taken. The aspect of parliamentary accountability is that the Government have to lay the order to justify and account for their actions and accept the criticisms of Parliament if it thinks that the Government and authorities have not acted properly and wisely, but there is no turning back of the clock.