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“Can I ask you a bit about that? Wouldn’t the completed accounts flag up areas for concern that need particular action in various areas?”

“We’ve got you on the record.”

“Finally, Mr Bowler, will the target of 70% of accounts being laid before the summer recess be met this year?”

“Hopeful?”

“And you are confident that your cost and schedule estimates are robust, even without that further detail required?”

“Charlotte, I want to ask quickly about the revised governance arrangements. The Sponsor Body has been abolished, and now you have the Programme Board and the Client Board. Has that been effective in improving decision making?”

“Don’t worry; I will speed up. Mr Cartner, can you give us a bit more detail about the knock-on impact of Departments publishing their accounts late or getting late audits on Government operations as a whole?”

“Can you give some examples of the improvement you have seen?”

“Can I ask a sub-question related to Anna Dixon’s question? Do you find that the decision making in the R&R programme is better aligned to decision making in some of the other programmes that are ongoing alongside it as a result?”

“We know.”

“Mr MacMillan, there is still more detail to be worked through in terms of developing the phase 1 plan. Do you remain confident that the £3 billion budget will be met as that work is developed?”

“On the table as you embark on phase 1—thank you. Mr MacMillan, back to my question: how well developed are the plans for phase 1?”

“Mr Duffy, can you talk about the steps the Environment Agency are taking to bring forward the publication of their accounts?”

“I suppose that the Sponsor Body was trying to mitigate against the risk that you get too many new faces in each Parliament, and that is obviously the case more than ever in this Parliament compared with the last Parliament. Is that now becoming an issue?”

“Do you think that changing the governance structure is going to enhance the stability of decision making? Is bringing Members closer to the decision making enhancing or detracting from that stability?”

“So internally, you will already know the issue that a set of accounts might point to, but what about your external stakeholders? Will their understanding of the operation of the Department not be delayed?”

“What controls will you put in place to ensure that you stick to that £3 billion spending cap?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) on her work in securing this debate. The current landscape is extremely challenging for businesses of all kinds across all sectors, including social enterprises. I am sure that colleagues from …”

“I completely understand, but how will you identify the 20 of the 80:20, or the ones that are going to deliver 80% of the impact? How are you going about identifying those?”

“Mr O’Neil, the Report references the fact that there have been 10 separate attempts to do this over the last 15 years or so. What we have learned from those previous attempts to reduce the regulatory burden is that one or two things can have a great impact. How will you go about identifying which of the regulatory burd…”