Mr. Andrew Munro:

As I said previously, it depends on what the recommendations of the committee are as to where they fit. If there are recommendations relating to the Guardianship of Infants Act, they are clearly for the Department of Justice. I will speculate, and I apologise for doing so. If the committee was to recommend that a particular role be given to the assisted human reproduction regulatory authority, it would have to interact with the Department of Health legislation. We will have to wait and see what the committee says. I reiterate that when the Government decided on this in January, it asked all three Departments to take account of any of the recommendations that came forward for appropriate legislative amendments and it asked the Department of Health to take account of the recommendations in the development of the AHR Bill. I do not believe there are any differences between us on that. There is always a tension when bringing forward legislation as to whether one can hurry up and do it or hold the legislation back and fit something else in. I have a miscellaneous provisions Bill at present that we are trying to stop drafting so we can publish it and move on, while receiving requests for Committee Stage amendments to be made to it. There is always a tension around time. However, the pacing of the Bill will be a matter for the Government to balance out in light of the recommendations.