Yes, at least in my opinion and in the opinion of many others. This is a part of the system that doesn't seem particularly problematic: 28 days is a reasonable time. You fill out a form. Some people do have trouble even with the 28 days, let alone the eight, but it seems to be working fairly well. It's hard to see how sitting down with somebody after just eight days, without a clear purpose, is going to speed up things. Basically it's just adding a procedure that doesn't exist already. It's adding a new procedure, whereas the government says the bill is to streamline procedures. We find that baffling.
On March 11th, 2010. See this statement in context.