There will be other policy processes that we will have to go through beyond the Bill. This is not an open and shut door. If people are not through the door by the 1 April it does not mean that is the end of the dialogue at all. In answer to your question, we are doing our very best to make sure that the dialogue is as open and wide ranging and open ended as possible. Dialogue is something that Governments consistently are seeking.
Consultations are a very specific part of a specific process.
Unfortunately I have to say, because I think personally, and I think you probably expect me to say this, that it is rather a shame that the media have often focused on the process rather than on the content. These are very big and important subjects here. It is a shame that in a sense the process and the length of the consultation period has become the story rather than about the content of the consultation. At the end of the day we could have had an eight week consultation period and people might have been equally agitated about that. The short answer to your question is yes, there has been comment and there has been a critique of the length of the consultation period.