Member

Although the Secretary of State has powers in the Bill relating to the trust framework, the primary role of the framework in practice is to provide baseline rules against which digital verification services can be assessed by the conformity assessment bodies. That process takes place outside the Bill and relies on tried and trusted accreditation processes, overseen by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. For these reasons, and for the reason that this is indeed a process that exists and works, the Government remain of the view that the trust framework does not require parliamentary scrutiny.