Member

The current levels of transparency and accountability the Bill includes are a long way from satisfactory for a company that will be able to spend initially £8.3 billion of taxpayers’ money—a figure that, I remind your Lordships, can be increased without limit. If the Minister disagrees with the content of the amendment, I hope at least he will have sympathy with the intent, and will be willing to have further discussions on this and, hopefully, will come up with his own amendments to improve the transparency and accountability of the company on Report.