Professor David Farrell:

It is also very important that the Government reflect that in this proposed change. The Westminster tradition is an adversarial one and the Opposition is just as guilty as the Government of playing an adversarial role. The consensus form of democracy is one in which there is give and take on both sides and a process of policy, whether budgetary or other areas, where there is an accommodation of differing views and one tries to come up with a consensus of opinion. Although it can be very slow, inefficient and messy, it is preferable to the adversarial ping pong we have.