Member

Amendment 69A raises a fundamental question about the appointment of the authority’s executive leadership. As the Bill stands, Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 places the power to appoint the chief executive and other executive members of the PSFA in the hands of the chair. Our amendment proposes to explore whether this responsibility should instead lie with the Minister, or whether the Minister should retain a formal role in that process. We do not table this amendment lightly but because the power to appoint a chief executive, particularly of a body tasked with scrutinising fraud across government, is not a trivial matter. It goes to the operational direction, culture and public confidence of the institution.