Representation of the People (England and Wales) and the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

It does not satisfy me at all. It is not a surprise because I had already been given the information that the Government had no idea when the measure could be introduced. It must be a one-line Bill. Both opposition parties would see it through quickly. We would not oppose it. We want this measure in. A lot of elections are coming up. If we leave this and the situation just drifts on, the Government having so much legislation that they cannot introduce another Bill, we shall never get it on the statute book. The opposition—certainly the Official Opposition—would co-operate with getting the measure through quickly. I should not think that it needed to be longer than a page with one clause.