Schedule 1 - The Office of Fair Trading
Enterprise Bill
11:45 am
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon, Conservative)
I certainly support the amendment, although I should like to turn it around and ask, if the Government are minded to turn this down—I know that this will not happen—what would their policy be for appointing candidates to the board? It is worth speaking frankly. The concern is that this will become another way of appointing cronies. The Labour Government have packed the other place with cronies and they have packed quangos with cronies, so why should they not pack this board with them? It is a straightforward suggestion, but we deserve an indication from the Under-Secretary of the basis on which appointments will be made.