Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

The point is very well made from a sedentary position by the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth). The provision is qualified by the phrase ““unless it is authorised””. The House will be delighted by the parliamentary footnote. As someone who loves footnotes in books, I thought that the Minister’s Halsbury footnote was a delight, but I hope that he will address the hon. Gentleman’s intervention.