Moved by
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
28: Clause 2, page 3, line 42, leave out subsections (8) and (9) and insert—
“(8) The Secretary of State must by regulations require specified information to be published about financial assistance under this Act.
(9) Information which must be specified includes—
(a) the full legal name of the recipient of financial assistance;
(b) the amounts of payment corresponding to each measure financed by the funds received by each beneficiary in the financial year concerned;
(c) the purposes of the payment corresponding to section 1(1);
(d) the geographical boundaries of the land corresponding to the amounts and purposes under paragraphs (b) and (c);
(e) any other information that in the view of the Secretary of State is appropriate to enable the public to evaluate whether the purposes in section 1(1) are met.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment ensures that the public may evaluate whether the Act’s purposes in providing public goods are in fact being fulfilled.