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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 June 2025

Debate

UK Infrastructure: 10-year Strategy

Contribution

My Lords, there have been a number of references to NISTA, the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority. The Statement says: “Based in the Treasury, NISTA brings oversight of infrastructure strategy and delivery together, and integrates assurance, design and delivery assessments”. The Treasury is not the expert in transport, energy or social housing infrastructure. Many Members of your Lordships’ House often lament the dictatorship of the Treasury over other government decisions. Is this not a further concentration of power within one department in government, when actually we need the people with the expertise and knowledge to have the oversight, not this concentration in the Treasury?

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