Member

Given the concerns raised by the Constitution Committee, which I referred to earlier, I am entirely supportive of at least Amendment 52, and probably of making this subject to the affirmative rather than negative procedure. After all, the statement of strategic priorities is the critical feature of this Bill; it is the only element that will set out what GBE will try to achieve. The Government seem to be effectively trying to sidestep proper scrutiny by delaying its publication to an unspecified date after GBE has started to carry out its activities—whatever they are going to be—with no ability for Parliament to have a say and nothing against which to measure success.