Comments on: Northern Ireland http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/01/12/2125 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Chuck Unsworth http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/01/12/2125#comment-3974 Chuck Unsworth Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:15:10 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/01/12/2125#comment-3974 'Also, to go through the pain of putting through legislation which was going to cause offence to many people if nobody was going to use the system was also pointless. In short, the Government was prepared to put the legislation through, but there was no point in keeping going if nobody was going to use it at this stage' Well, this is excellent stuff. According to the PMOS, the criterion for new legislation is: If it causes offence to many people or no one is going to use it (at this stage) then we won't introduce it. Where do we start with listing any legislation introduced over, let's say, the last five years that has met this new standard? ‘Also, to go through the pain of putting through legislation which was going to cause offence to many people if nobody was going to use the system was also pointless. In short, the Government was prepared to put the legislation through, but there was no point in keeping going if nobody was going to use it at this stage’

Well, this is excellent stuff. According to the PMOS, the criterion for new legislation is: If it causes offence to many people or no one is going to use it (at this stage) then we won’t introduce it.

Where do we start with listing any legislation introduced over, let’s say, the last five years that has met this new standard?

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