Member

All that my Amendment 51 in this group would do is place a time limit on when the statement of strategic priorities must be laid. At the moment, rather astonishingly, there is no time limit. The Secretary of State must prepare a statement but the Bill is silent as to when—it could be 10 years or more. With hindsight, I think that six months, as I have put in the amendment, is perhaps too long, but, whatever, there must be a time limit; it cannot be open-ended. It cannot be satisfactory that GBE can carry on its activities for an unlimited period without even setting out the strategic priorities.