Member

Although the Minister has said there was no public consultation and he has given a reason for that, which is that the instrument does not impose any new requirements, I wonder whether the sector—which is, of course, one company—was consulted on this question of fees. Although it is not a requirement, it is an expanded power and therefore exposes the sector potentially to a greater range of fees than exists at the moment. Perhaps he can explain whether the sector was consulted on the fees provisions and whether there was any response. If it was not consulted, again, he might prefer to consider doing so before pressing ahead with the instrument today.