In these circumstances, I would hope that members of the Committee, who have put
down amendments to Clause 7, will now be prepared to withdraw them. There will of course be an opportunity to put down amendments to the new clause, and to discuss
it in detail at a later stage of the Committee's proceedings.
We do not propose
to take the new clause out of order.
I hope that this explanation will help members of the Committee to appreciate the
background to the Government's new amendments and will assist in our discussions.
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