Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:15 pm on 27 October 2008.
My Lords, we on these Benches certainly have some sympathy with this amendment. The noble Baroness is right to make our flesh creep at the prospect of another major computer project, given the Government's—"erratic" is a kind way of putting it—experience so far.
I obviously look forward with interest to hearing what the Minister has to say in response. Our main concern, given the obvious risks involved, is how much a report six months after the day and then annually thereafter will actually help us. There is a danger of there being too much pulling up of the plant to see how it is growing. Having said that, we share many of the noble Baroness's concerns.