Member

The purpose of this amendment is simply to ask why such regulations should be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny only the first time they are made, rather than each time they are amended. It seeks reassurance that Parliament will retain a meaningful role in scrutinising changes to the surplus regime over time, and that scrutiny will not be diluted once the initial framework is in place. I hope the Minister can explain why this approach has been adopted and whether the Government would consider maintaining the affirmative procedure for surplus extraction regulations whenever they are made.