Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:39 pm on 8 December 2020.
Deputy Presiding Officer, we have held back until what appeared to be the very last moment to arrange this debate, in the hope that the Government in Westminster would have acknowledged the strength of the opposition to this Bill and would have proposed some compromises on that. Unfortunately, as we know, the main characteristic of the current administration is its arrogance and, therefore, that hasn't happened. So, we shouldn't be surprised that, in considering the House of Lords amendments, they have used their majority in the House of Commons to overturn all of the amendments that the crossbenchers and opposition parties had passed during many days of forensic inspection.