Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

I have very much enjoyed this particularly illuminating debate. So that we understand the discussion, I should say that the amendment would take the power to appoint senior civil servants in Scotland out of the hands of the Prime Minister and put it into those of the head of the home civil service. It is a very modest measure. It is not pathetic, as the hon. Member for West Bromwich, East (Mr. Watson) says, because it would be unfair to describe the Labour party's position as pathetic, and I am not prepared to do that.