Banking (Special Provisions) Bill

My Lords, it is the first important occasion. It might be—when we are faced with such a key issue—that the Government might just indicate in a little more detail why they have taken this step. The recommendations of the committee, which have been very well set out in the report it produced so quickly, contained a number of really important recommendations. I would like to hear from the Government why they are refusing to accept them. The third reason involves a question that has run through all of our debates; namely, why the rush? I can well understand the other place—it is used to being asked to omit the detailed debate that is necessary on legislative provisions. In my experience—I have been in this place only for just over 10 years—