Member

Does the Minister accept that this is an extremely broadly drafted paragraph? As we proceed to Report, can she give a commitment to look at how this can be tightened up to prevent the taxpayer getting poor value for money from the regulator? Would the Minister have signed off a similar cheque were she on the other side of the Chamber and were we considering the Conservative Government’s Bill? I suspect the answer is no; she would be asking difficult questions of us, were we still in government and considering such a Bill.