Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:18 am on 25 July 2024.
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
11:18,
25 July 2024
My noble friend has put a number of those questions to me over the years, given her interests and experience on this subject. She is right: public confidence can be improved by our being open and transparent about the decisions being taken. I can tell her that there are systems in place to ensure transparency around many of the issues that she mentions, but there is often a concern that they are not working as well as they could. As a first step, the Government have to ensure that they work better, including information being published on time but in a way that is easy to access and easy to understand. The ethics and integrity commission could look at this issue.