It prevents an overbearing Executive from introducing regulations that subsequently turn out to be faulty. Democracy is about trying to introduce better legislation and better regulations. Friend for giving way again. He heard our hon. Does my hon.
Friend is right.
Almost always, the Opposition of the day have to probe the Government about the cost implications. That is where the gravamen of the new clause lies. If people have to decide whether an order should remain in place five years after it was introduced, circumstances may have changed considerably, and they will have to think in terms not only of risk assessment, but of cost-benefit analysis. Friend reminds me of a further reason and justification for our insistence on the new clause. He rightly referred to statutory instrument Committees.