I welcome what was in the written statement yesterday and what the Minister has reiterated about the more ambitious target to get more di

I welcome what was in the written statement yesterday and what the Minister has reiterated about the more ambitious target to get more di

I am not going to give way to my right hon.

Let me concentrate, in the minutes I have, on some of the essential points.

The Minister is being generous in giving way. I want to pick up a point she made about the code of conduct.

I see that my hon. Friend is nodding.

I am grateful to the Minister for being so generous in taking interventions.

I approach this matter with care, as I have been in my hon. Friend’s position in the past and know how complex this legislation is.

Can I just check the Government’s position on this? I know what the view of my hon.

I think that the situation is actually slightly worse than my hon. Friend says. When listening to the speech of our hon.