Member

We asked for clear duties to minimise disruption to lawful businesses, because we all know that enforcement done carelessly can damage livelihoods. We asked for an independent oversight body to provide redress when things go wrong, because when there is no recourse there is no justice. We asked that the Government report not just on what enforcement actions were taken but on whether they had the intended impact on non-compliance. None of these proposals are radical; none of them are burdensome; they were all rooted in improving the Bill and not weakening it. That is a missed opportunity, and it is a serious failure of legislative responsibility.