Member

Updating statutory guidance allows us to set clearer expectations nationally, while ensuring that authorities can take account of individual circumstances. Should this approach prove not to be sufficient then, in effect, we already have the necessary primary powers to take action. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Neate, for highlighting this important issue. I hope that she will accept our commitment to tackle it and not press her amendment for now. I am very happy to discuss this further with her before we get to Report.