Work and Families Bill

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her remarks. The Secretary of State responded to my intervention dextrously and without a moment’s hesitation, as is his wont, but I am not entirely certain that his answer was correct. I specifically asked him about the order-making powers in clauses 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, where no reference to the affirmative procedure is made, in marked contrast to provisions in later clauses. If I am wrong, I am happy to concede that, but I do not think that I am.