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Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL]

My Lords, I hope first that the Minister will tell me if I am asking an inappropriate question but, as I understand it, there are already staff with considerable expertise carrying out this task. Clearly, it would be a great pity if those staff were lost at this point. There is also, presumably, a cost implication because their costs are already being incurred. Secondly, having spoken to Sir Roger Singleton, I understand that the range of referrals is indeed wide. Will the new board have some capacity to make decisions on that? I notice that the schedule gives them delegated powers. How will they be able to use those powers to get their priority lists properly scheduled?