My Lords, I do not think that the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, was threatening to cut the right reverend Prelate’s head off because of this. However, what may have been a threat to the Minister was to me a great delight: the promise of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, that he will do this with knobs on when we come back on Report. I look forward to that.
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I will not add to what has been so well said but I will put a question to the Minister. In a sense, we have covered three things in different groups about the powers given by secondary legislation. One is about the creation of new criminal offences, another is about the setting up of new public bodies, and another, which we return to here, is the ability to raise fees and charges. We do not want to hear, as we come to these amendments on Report, what the Government will do about them. I assume that they will meet us—I hope the whole way, but if not, half way. The Minister may not be able to say that tonight, but he has had notice of it, as we have brought it up before. The time for stonewalling and hearing is now gone. We need to know, before Report, where the Government are planning to move. I hope, therefore, that this evening he will be able to give us an assurance on that.