Welfare Reform Bill

I support the sentiments expressed by my noble friend Lord Skelmersdale. The Select Committee, in paragraph 13 of our report, welcomed the provision in Clause 43 for a sunset clause requiring a review after two years of the transfer of driving licence sanctions powers, if Parliament so ruled, from the court to the commission. Given the concerns that we rehearsed, if Parliament confers powers over passports to the commission, it, too, should be included in the sunset clause and that would be revisited.