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Banking Bill

Again, I thank all noble Lords who contributed so much to this debate. I am grateful that the Minister is going to reconsider the clause and I hope that he will listen to the comments made by my noble friends. He might just bear in mind that a 28-day limit is rather like a speed limit: it is something that people go up to but never under. I would also like the Minister to confirm that the Government will not allow 28-day orders to lapse which then enable them to stick another one in saying, ““Parliament didn't object to this so we can just get a new one””. Perhaps when he is considering revising the clause he could look at the drafting to see what can be done to stop this draconian legislation being applied to any other matters. He keeps saying that it will be used only for narrow purposes but, as drafted, the law would allow all sorts of undesirable things to happen. Clause 75 agreed. Clauses 76 to 80 agreed.