ANNEX C: GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS During Debate in the House of Commons
Mr Stringer, the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office, repeated three of these assurances at 2nd Reading (House of Commons Hansard, 19 March 2001, Col. 117:
“I am delighted to repeat those commitments, which the hon. Member for Weston- super-Mare (Mr. Cotter) asked me to reiterate. First, I am happy to confirm that the order-making power will not be used for large and controversial measures. Secondly, the Government would not proceed with an order against the Committee's wishes. Thirdly, the Government will report in three years' time on the procedural workings and constitutional implications of the power.”