Clause 55 - Duties of OFT and Commission
Enterprise Bill
6:15 pm
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon, Conservative)
That does not answer my point. Clause 56 deals with ''specified considerations'' such as national security. In such situations, how can it be right that the OFT should be able to decide whether something is material? Surely, when national security is involved, the Secretary of State should have the right to decide whether something is material. She will not know, because she will not necessarily have been told about it if it is deemed immaterial.