Political Parties and Elections Bill

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the Minister for taking so much trouble to explain to the House the 27 amendments in some 14 minutes—and also for writing to us, setting out the various government amendments, including these, that would come before us. I think that the letter was sent by his colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Bach, on 9 June. We are grateful for the clarity that the Minister has added to matters. He might have got away with a slightly shorter introduction to these amendments by using the letter that he had already sent out; but no doubt he felt that it was important to get it all on the record; and no doubt, should a Pepper and Hart situation arise, it will be useful to have the full and considered response of the Minister to the amendments. We have no objection to the amendments, we are grateful for the explanation and we look forward to seeing them in the Bill.