Parliamentary Standards Bill

The Justice Secretary has made some important and practical points. However, what astonishes me is that we are faced with a specific, detailed provision, presumably drawn up by lawyers in consultation with Ministers, and it looks as though—I welcome this—it is about to fall at the first fence. Why on earth was it introduced in this fashion if the Justice Secretary now accepts that it is a complete load of nonsense? Can he give us some idea of how he expects us to have to deal with this? At the moment we simply say, "I refer to my entry in the Register of Members' Interests", that reminds the House that the right hon. or hon. Member has an interest, and if anybody wants to look it up, they can do so.