Police and Justice Bill

Yes, the hon. Gentleman was. There is plenty of evidence that that governmental habit has been repeated decade after decade, so let me take my hat off to the Government—they win no prizes for originality, but they certainly win prizes for lifting up the pot plants to see what the roots are doing. I want to end now because the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality is getting restless, and I think that he would like to be elsewhere. I want him and his colleagues to have the opportunity to think—not something that he or they do often, but he may as well have the opportunity.