It seems to me that the situation is exactly the same with amendments to primary legislation. Governments will often put pressure on their Back-Benchers to support it, but very often the Government are defeated on amendments and legislation is thereby improved. I cannot see why the same thing should not happen with statutory instruments.
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Butler of Brockwell
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 21 February 2019.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill.
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