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Independent Safeguarding Authority

I, too, heard that report, which denied the myth that the healthy school food initiative had been a failure and demonstrated that school catering teams had done a fantastic job throughout the country introducing healthy food. We do not want to see that work put at risk. The registration cost makes no sense. Trading standards' fees for a small local delicatessen are different from those for a major company such as Tesco. We obviously should have a graduated fee system that would ensure that there is a proportionate response, because we want it to be proportionate and we do not want to lose public sector workers into the private sector and thereby lose their expertise and skills. It is vital that we ensure that we maintain those people within the schools. All these risks could be avoided if the employer was required to pay the registration fee. That would be the best way forward, because the one-off fee could be incorporated in the recruitment costs of these excellent staff, rather than introducing any of the negative implications or unforeseen effects of the fee on low-paid staff. That is important. Given that we have time to look at some of the details of the ISA, I hope that these issues are taken seriously by the Minister and thoroughly considered, because although the scheme is important it is also important that we get it absolutely right and that it works effectively. I hope that the Minister will respond positively to some of these points.