I take this opportunity to welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Stevenson. I look forward to serving under your chairmanship.

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Derbyshire on not only securing his private

Member's Bill but the way in which he constructively set out the purpose of the new clause and why it is to replace the original clause. I also thank him for the co-operation that he has shown since Second Reading. He ably set out not only the purpose of the clause but the very subsections and how they apply. I do not intend to repeat his arguments; rather I will confine myself to answering some of the specific points made by the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien), who speaks for the Opposition. I was slightly surprised that he suggested that the Bill may be premature, given the backing that he expressed for it on Second Reading. However, I interpret his tone as fairly constructive, and I am happy to answer some of his detailed points.