Yes. In this instance, terms such as “earliest opportunity”, “shortly” and “soon” really do mean that. We all know that we are up against the buffers of a fixed-term Parliament, which is a very good constitutional initiative. When I say “at the earliest opportunity”, I mean “at the earliest opportunity”. In other words, we hope that the statutory instrument to which my hon. Friend has referred will be published and laid before Parliament in the next few weeks.
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Williams
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 January 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Infrastructure Bill [Lords].
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