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Originally Posted by Chris

We can, and it would still be less useful in terms of well-drafted law than public hearings and written reports by experts who can be questioned by MPs who are not taking the government shilling.

I’m not sure why you’re so down on the committee system - even Margaret Thatcher grudgingly accepted its value (even though she sacked the minister who implemented them after her victory in 1979).

I'm not "down on the Committee system" at all. I was asking Hugh what was wrong with the Bill as drafted rather than commenting on the process. Indeed it has gone through Parliament (Commons) so it can't all be bad.

My question to Hugh arose because I thought that if Labour is going to whinge abut migrant numbers they should not oppose a Bill that finishes the job that Boris failed to do.