Member

It is a very important subject, because we have already complained that the Government are being given great latitude on the design of the levy, without very much, or indeed any, parliamentary scrutiny beyond the affirmative procedure that will arise later. Here, we are giving them, perhaps unwittingly, a huge range from which they might choose what to subsidise. This could be, and should be, narrowed. In the meantime, let us hear what the Minister has to say to the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, and myself about these two amendments.