International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill

Will my hon. Friend consider the wording of the critical clauses, clauses 5 and 6? Clause 6 says"““The Secretary of State shall include in each annual report such observations as he thinks appropriate””," and the wording in clause 5 is similar. The words ““as he thinks appropriate”” are surely a let-out in law to enable the Secretary of State not to include observations that he does not want to include. That is a major defect in the Bill, because it prevents the Secretary of State from having to include material that we would regard as important.