ANNEX C: GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS During Debate in the House of Lords Companion Motions in House of Lords
Lord McIntosh of Haringey (25 Jan 2001: Column 371): As my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer pointed out in our debate on Tuesday last [we cannot find any reference to this], there is a government undertaking that, in the event of a Motion amending a draft deregulation order being agreed by the House, the Motion for the draft order would not be moved. That was agreed by the previous government on 20th October 1994 and this Government have confirmed it.
As the noble Lord, Lord Phillips, remarked, in its 15th report, last Session, the Delegated Powers and Deregulation Committee drew,
“attention to the Government undertaking that, in the event of a motion hostile to a draft deregulation order being agreed to by the House of Lords, the motion for the draft order would not be moved. In oral evidence Lord Falconer accepted that ... if a motion hostile to a draft order were agreed to the Government would have to start the order-making process again from scratch (Q 64). This is clearly the strongest ultimate safeguard”.