Member

However, there are some glimmerings here. I welcome the Minister’s assurances on Amendments 84 to 86; obviously, I will need to read Hansard in detail. Generally, I feel that there is a kind of overenthusiasm here, which the Government have adopted in line with their predecessor. This whole category of “recognised legitimate interest” is deeply unsound. We need the balancing test—the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, explained why far better than I could, in terms of the desirability of sticking to “legitimate interest” as opposed to “recognised legitimate interest”—but, clearly, the Government are currently unpersuaded. Let us hope that, at least as far as the Secretary of State’s powers are concerned, the Government will think again and address the DPRRC’s concerns, which they have not done so far.