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Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]

I thank the Minister very much indeed for his remarks. It was remiss of me earlier to not acknowledge again the fact that the Government have gone a long way to addressing what I was going to call the various complaints by the DPRRC, but that might be slightly overstating the case.

I would say to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, that consultation is, by definition, as I said earlier, a relatively low level of not necessarily parliamentary scrutiny, and the DPRRC was still not happy with the levels of scrutiny. But that is an argument we have already had and it has been dealt with in a reasonable way.

I appreciate the points that the Minister made, especially about responding to events as they happen. I am grateful that he has spent time with my noble friend Lord Holmes; that offers me a level of reassurance that the Government are listening on this and are aware of all the concerns that have been laid before them by the DPRRC and others. For that reason, I am content to withdraw my amendment.