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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde. I welcome his friendly remarks. However, does he remember that when he was the Minister and I was the principal spokesman, we were often dealing with Bills that neither he nor I understood, so we had great difficulties? I distinctly remember one occasion when he said that he really had to get one of his Bills through, so he asked what concessions could be made in order to do that. I paused, at which he said, ““You don’t understand the Bill and nor do I. Why not go and see the officials? They will give you some concessions and then we can get the Bill through””. That was the atmosphere, but that is not what is happening on this Bill at the moment. The whole thing has totally changed.