Member

The Minister suggested that this SI may help. How? The regulatory bottlenecks are clear and the consequences severe, yet the reforms before us offer no reassurance that the delays crippling development will be alleviated. The Government announced a new fast-track process and leadership changes to the BSR earlier this year, but none of that is reflected or clarified in the SI before us. I ask the Minister directly: how will transferring functions to a newly constituted BSR resolve the systemic delays that are already paralysing gateway 2 approvals? What concrete assurances can she give this Committee that projects will no longer face 20, 30 or 40-week delays under the new arrangements?