This clause would expand the number of parliamentary secretaries, in our view. We have quite enough, thank you very much. The Conservatives already have one of the biggest cabinets in history, and for a government that pretends at least to care about the public purse, they're now looking to increase the number of parliamentary secretaries with all the related costs. It's completely unnecessary. I don't know if it's because they have a restless backbench and they're looking to hand out more goodies. I'll leave that to others to speculate; I wouldn't want to do that.
It certainly doesn't appear to be in the public interest. We'll be opposing this change.