We did not go to Washington to discuss Any Specific Crisis or even any specific topic.

The purpose of the Amendment is precisely because many of my hon. Friends, and a number of hon. Gentlemen opposite feel that the Bill is designed merely to cover up Government incompetence in the Ministry of Defence and not to meet a Specific Crisis which now exists.

I want to deal with ways in which the revenue could be replaced other than having to turn to the Government when a Specific Crisis arises.

That was before the OPEC price increases, and before the Specific Crisis that now faces the world.

There is a need for the Government to recognise the Specific Crisis faced in certain yards.

There is a Specific Crisis involving cod and haddock.

I hope that the right hon. and learned Gentleman takes them on board and that in future he will have no difficulty in carrying the House if he feels that the police need specific powers to deal with a Specific Crisis for a period.

I sympathise with the airlines on the compulsory four-day grounding, which resulted from a Specific Crisis for a specific period of time over which they had no control.

The Secretary of State was wise to admit that delays for coronary artery bypass surgery amounted to one Specific Crisis.

The danger of changing a structure in response to a Specific Crisis is that you create one that is too backward-looking.

I thank the Minister for his answers to my specific questions but I am disappointed because, although it is laudable that the Government are taking action on a whole range of issues, I do not feel I have a satisfactory answer to the specific issue that this report raises which is about opting in to this voluntary scheme in response to a Specific Crisis.