Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

Does the hon. Gentleman think that we are in danger of having too many veto proposals in the Bill? The idea of the Select Committee veto—something that we have all pressed for throughout consideration the Bill—should be applauded and strengthened, and we should be pressing for that. However, I wonder about considering other proposals that relate to blocking minorities on the Floor of the House. That would set a major precedent because it could be argued that perhaps a blocking-minority approach should be adopted for every procedure. Surely, if we were to do that we would need a major inquiry and discussion between the parties about how we tackle our procedures on numbers. The next step after that would be to say that we have entrenched majorities for constitutional matters. It would then be a different kind of Parliament, and it may be a good one, but to make that change—which would have huge significance constitutionally—piecemeal would be the wrong thing to do.