Lord Markham (Con)

I thank the Minister for her reply. As I say, these are not major things, but I must admit, I am a little surprised. The Government rightly see fit to set interest rates on all sorts of other things they deal with, such as student loans, tobacco and vapes, so it seems strange that they do not have a view on what should be an appropriate rate for the regulator to charge. I am not aware of that happening in other parts of the government network. On the final amendment, this is about the regulator behaving responsibly if it is going to change things. Here, there seems to be a pattern. We had a debate earlier about what happens if the regulator does not approve someone as being fit and proper within the right time period. Again, the Government were saying the regulator might not be able to do it, so that person is automatically deemed not fit and proper. All noble Lords would probably agree that we need the regulator to be a bit more on its game than this. We should be a bit tougher and say that there is no reason why it cannot work out its rules on a change to the levy and give clubs six months’ notice. If the regulator is asking clubs to be financially disciplined, it should be doing the same. I pose those as things for the Minister to consider but at this point, I will happily withdraw my amendment.