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If reporting were public and to Parliament, you could use the standard political accountability mechanisms instead of creating a separate architecture.
Does the panel have views about where the principal accountability should lie? Should such a company principally be accountable to Parliament, Government or both?
I am afraid that we have had less of that and more and more power going off to Home Secretaries to make decisions for which they are never held to account. Baroness, you have provided powerful, compelling evidence for our inquiry.
I will move on to the area of finance. When its annual accounts were signed off on 10 December 2021, the board of P&O Ferries Holdings considered the business to be “a going concern”.
The exercise of the power in part 2 of the bill will be required to take that into account at the point of use. At the point of use, the Scottish ministers will be required to take into account ministerial compliance with the international law that the EU and UK trade and co-operation agreement is part of.