Housing and Regeneration Bill

I make a slightly different point from my noble friend. I have a great deal of sympathy for what lies behind the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. I wish I had a fiver for every time I sat and listened to the response of Ministers to amendments such as these; the arguments seemed to vary enormously between Bills and departments. I remember the success that Mr Kaufman secured by writing a book on how to be a Minister as soon as he finished being a Minister. It would be no bad thing if somebody were to undertake that task in the context of this part of a Bill. It would then be possible for people like the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and me to have some idea of what kind of ground rules the Government were collectively working under. The criteria being applied seem to vary from Bill to Bill.