Data retention question

[Roland Perry]

In article <20140717190823.000068da at surtees.fenrir.org.uk>, Brian 
Morrison <bdm at fenrir.org.uk> writes

 >I assume you mean "just before the 3rd reading" because it's very soon
 >after it that a division is called.

Shorthand for 'everything after 2nd reading', sorry if not clear.

> I have nothing against last minute
>amendments per se, but I would prefer that there is a period of calm to
>consider them fully rather than amending the Bill in a mad scramble.

But every Bill is amended in a "mad scramble", even if it's been in the 
works for months.

The policy-making and lobbying behind the scramble might well have been 
going on for years, which is the case for RIPA, Data Retention etc. It's 
hardly as if the topic has never been discussed the last ten years and 
people need to start making their minds up in a rush.
-- 
Roland Perry