I very much welcome Tess White’s comments. I understand that the SPCB considers resources for commissioners as a matter of course each year, and those decisions are also subject to scrutiny by the Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee. Although I have sympathy with amendment 22, I do not believe that it is necessary to have such a provision in the bill. For that reason, we will not support it. Tess White intends to withdraw it, but our comments on it will be on the record. I understand the wider point that she is making.
