Children and Families Bill

I am very grateful to the Minister for his careful response and the way in which he dealt with the arguments and to all other noble Lords who have spoken in support of my amendments. As I say, I am very grateful to the noble Lord but I am not entirely persuaded. I think he said that the previous code had been introduced in 2001 and that, because of the pressure on parliamentary time, it had not been possible to find any time to update it between then and now. I cannot believe that it would not be possible to find any parliamentary time—not a lot is required—for a debate on the affirmative procedure. I find it hard to believe that one could not find any time in 12 years, so I was not entirely persuaded there, nor, it seems, was the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. However, I will not press the point any further at this stage, so I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.