But it is quite remarkable that here we are dealing, today, with a bill which extends regulation powers. It is not remarkable in the fact that this Government might produce a bill that does, but remarkable in the sense that this Parliament devoted attention, just after question time, to granting greater powers to make decisions outside of the complete Parliament, in the face of what is an unprecedented crisis looming upon us all. In doing so, the Leader of the House said that with that impending—some would call "impending"; it's certainly more than a remote possibility that we might have to exercise such powers—the Government would shrink back their legislative programme to only elements that are essential. I find it difficult that anyone could argue that this bill today is essential to the functioning of this country.