Schedule 3
8:00 pm
Jim Knight (Minister of State (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families; South Dorset, Labour)
I would trust the board in the same way that I would trust Ministers to make the right appointments in a way that is beyond suspicion. However, we established the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments to ensure that the process is beyond doubt for the public. It is right that the appointments to a body that is responsible for £7 billion of public money have that level of public scrutiny. On that basis, I hope that the hon. Gentleman will not press amendment 121.