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Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

I add my voice to that. I saw the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, getting to his feet and thought, "Where is the noble Lord, Lord Bach, who has been dealing with this Bill?". However, I think that we would all accept the noble Lord’s apology. It is very difficult. Like the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, I have been in that position before; we all make mistakes as we watch the amendments go through, particularly in the so-called wash-up. The Government and any future Government should learn some lessons from this about what they do about wash-up. They might think very carefully about what Bills go into it. I leave the noble Lord with that—but I think that the whole House is grateful to him for making his gracious apology for a mistake that his Government made in proceeding with the Bill.