Clause 73
9:15 am
John Hayes (Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills; South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
I want to raise a simple matter. The essence of the amendments is to create greater clarity by the removal of “from time to time” in respect of guidance issued by the Secretary of State. I imagine that the original drafting was to create flexibility. If we are to substitute that for clarity, it would be helpful for the Minister to explain why. Is it that the guidance issued by the Secretary of State will be so frequent that “from time to time” is an inappropriate description? Or is it that the Secretary of State will be issuing guidance so rarely that “from time to time” is an overestimate?