Member

However, we need to ensure that this is sufficiently flexible and capable of encompassing new and changing risks, and the process should be transparent and designed explicitly to take input from experts. What might be a sensible way to organise levels of risk today may not work in five, 10 or 15 years’ time. However, I accept that there is a need for greater transparency on the part of the Government in terms of how such technical decisions are made, and I recognise the efforts of the noble Lord, Lord Foster, in raising this. I am also grateful for his work bringing government and consumer groups together to discuss. I thank him. In addition, we have had a number of helpful meetings with him on this issue.