National Lottery Bill

The hon. Gentleman has been a Member of Parliament for many years, and he knows that Ministers do not organise the House’s time from the Dispatch Box. The information on additionality that the hon. Gentleman wants will be available in the annual reports of the distributors, which will be placed in both Houses of Parliament. Those reports can be used to inform a debate, whenever hon. Members want to hold it. The hon. Gentleman should make a commitment from his Front Bench that the Liberal party will give up one Supply day—half a Supply day will do—every year to debate additionality. If he were to make such a commitment, it would advance new clause 1. He should give up a Supply day to debate the information that the chief executives of the various distributing bodies will put in their annual reports. I wonder whether he wants me to give way so that he can say yes to that proposal.