Member

Finally, Amendment 74 from the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, is about the deadline. I understand the desire for a clear statutory timetable, but imposing a 12-month rigid deadline risks undermining the co-ordinated regulatory process which is already under way. The Government have published a road map which sets out a timeline and that shows development of regulations in 2026 and 2027, ahead of implementation in 2028, with a matrix to be disclosed in March and an assessment published in October of that year, based on data from 2027. To force an artificial statutory date could lead to a framework that is incomplete or just does not work as well as it should.