Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

I support my noble friend Lord Colville. I was struck forcibly when reading the evidence given to Rogers that a lot of people in the local authority system were asking to be given priorities. That is the point made by the Minister on Monday. The reason for that is because local authorities are short of resources and so, unless they know what it is the Government really want them to do, they do a bit of this, a bit of that and a bit of the other rather than concentrating on the things that really matter. Quite a large amount of evidence of exactly that type was given to Rogers. It reinforces the importance of the need for the Government to consider whether the six priorities they have accepted actually cover the areas they should and whether they do not miss anything of perhaps equal importance. Clause 11 agreed to. Clause 12 [Relationship with other regulators]: