If the Presiding Officer wishes to postpone for a reason related to coronavirus, he must be satisfied that the Parliament could not meet safely to legislate to change the date of the Poll. As such we recognise that the provision is unlikely to be invoked given the ability for the Parliament to meet virtually.Committee view on the Bill overallWhile we recognise the pressing need for certainty and the need to legislate to provide that certainty, the Committee regrets the extremely limited amount of time it has had to scrutinise legislation which may affect millions of voters.The Committee wishes to emphasise that providing certainty and clarity to the electoral community and to the electorate and political parties at the earliest possible point is paramount.The Committee urges the Government to continue its dialogue with the electoral community and to consider whether key dates (such as additional polling days) could be included in the Bill in order to deliver the certainty and advanced notice sought by stakeholders.Given the truncated passage of this Bill and the very brief period afforded for evidence gathering at Stage 1, the Committee reserves the right, as evidence emerges, to bring forward new issues at later Stages and would appreciates the Minister's reassurance that he would not resist amendments on that basis that the issue had not been raised earlier in the Bill's passage.iStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.