Member

While pursuing the objective of scale, the Government must avoid entrenching advantage at the expense of performance. That would not serve the interests of members. It is on that basis that we tabled our amendments in the other place. The intention behind the amendments—indeed, the intention of the other place—was to preserve the Government’s policy objective and connect it to the underlying aim, which is not scale in its own right but improving outcomes for members. Scale is a means to that end, but it is not the only means.