Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

My Lords, let me assure the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, that we totally recognise the need for specialist advice, which already exists in the Competition Commission. The CMA would take that expert body of experience and there is no intention of this being delegated to the staff. The CMA will have independent panellists, who will take on specialist areas, and we will ensure that those panellists take their decisions independently of their parties, of the regulators, of the Government and, indeed, of the CMA board if necessary. They will then deliver their advice to the CMA board, which will make the decision. I believe that this amendment is not necessary and I hope the noble Lord would agree that this deals with his concern. I therefore invite him to withdraw his amendment.