Thank you, Madam Chair, for the opportunity to comment on this amendment.
The amendment as proposed is, in many respects, duplicative. It neither adds to nor detracts from powers already in the bill. From a drafting point of view, it raises some concern for us in that in another clause it is introducing powers that are already present. It neither adds to nor detracts from powers that are already present in the bill.
(Amendment negatived)
(Clauses 9 to 18 inclusive agreed to)