tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-12985716088729019182008-03-27T17:29:00.000Z2008-03-27T17:29:00.000ZYes, well - this bill will be scrutinised all over parliament. just as parliament brought down the genuinely repellent "abolish parliament Bill" 2 years ago. This bill's been published in draft precisely so that lots of committees can read it and suggest amendments in a more generous timescale than they get for most bills. Lords get to look at it too, and they're usually very sharp on technical detail.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't fit the anti-parliament anti-government zeitgeist, but this is al actually parliamentary democracy working pretty well. The touble is that this is the exception rather than the rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com