(3 years, 5 months ago)
Grand CommitteeI thought I had a request from the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, to speak after the Minister. Does she now not want to do so?
I will take the opportunity, since I have created so much confusion. I thank the Minister for saying that he will go back and see whether it is at least possible to specify some kind of commencement date. I would very much like to say to him that I think all sides of this House will happily work with him and his department and take recommendations if it is at all possible to specify a date in order to counter the market scepticism that I described to him. If it is at all possible to put a date by the end of this process, we would be very grateful for that move.