Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (England) Regulations 2007

That is the point. I do not want to pull one of the sets of regulations. It would be unfair for me to assume that there is unanimity on the other two sets of regulations because they are part of a package, and no one has had the opportunity to debate the package. This is going to cause difficulty with the timescale, but that is the Government’s problem, not the Committee’s. Let us be clear about this. There will have to be a speedy consultation and discussion through the usual channels about the use of the Floor of the House anyway. If we do not meet the implementation time, we do not meet it. That is the reality. It is the Government who are in the dock, if I can put it that way. The fact is that I have usually turned up in Grand Committee when I have been told that there is consensus and to answer all the questions. I go to the Floor. Occasionally we have a vote; in my experience of the past few years, we have had one vote. Therefore, the Committee will not report that it has considered the regulations, and I formally move that we withdraw them. Motion, by leave, withdrawn.