Member

The compliance, the qualifying premises, the scrutiny and the regulation will fall on the SIA, for which we have made additional staffing and financial provision, which I reported on Second Reading and earlier in Committee. Local authorities will have a responsibility, yes, for the areas they have a responsibility for as responsible officers. Again, I hope I can reassure the noble Lord and other colleagues such as the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester that the intention of the Bill is not to have a high level of cost for organisations such as those in Manchester that the right reverend Prelate mentioned. It is to provide a simple template of steps that can be undertaken and a responsible person knowing what those steps are and making sure that individuals within the organisation take them.