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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I very much hope that the holy grail we are talking about is not the Monty Python version. That is all I can say at the end of seven days in Committee. The Minister’s reply will be of great interest to publishers. There were some very useful elements in it. However, perhaps the Minister has ended Committee stage of the Bill on the same note with which he started it; namely, that it will all be fine in the secondary legislation. The amount of secondary legislation that this Bill gives rise to will make the seven days in Committee appear like a fleabite in terms of parliamentary time. I shudder to think about how much secondary legislation will need to be debated through the affirmative process. I have not checked whether this particular secondary legislation under Clause 44 is by the affirmative process, but certainly there will be a great deal more. I hope that the secondary legislation turns out to be all right, after the endless consultation that will take place on almost every clause of this Bill. The Government are creating an enormous rod for their own back, but we will be watching the every move of the department in the process. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 300 withdrawn. Clause 44 agreed. Clauses 45 and 46 agreed. Schedule 3 agreed. Clauses 47 to 49 agreed. House resumed. Bill reported with amendments.