London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill

I am grateful to noble Lords and to the Minister for their comments. Having spent some time on Tuesday criticising the Secretary of State’s level of involvement with the ODA, I was hoping that the Minister would say, as he did, that the Secretary of State could use powers of direction in this context. I fully understand the significance already given to the issue of security. I am aware that the Metropolitan Police has a team among whose responsibilities are planning for the Olympics. This amendment was suggested by the resources directorate of the MPA. It is not thinking of operational matters, but of how to design in the facilities that will enable the operation to work well. Clearly, it will want to consider what the Minister said. This is not a suggestion that the Government are in any way cavalier about security matters, but it is to take forward the thinking that has gone on to apply it to the planning process. It made the point that the facilities that it has identified as necessary do not seem, so far as it can tell, to have been taken into account in the considerable work that has already gone on. That may well be why it was prompted to raise the point with me a few days ago. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 34 not moved.] Clause 6 agreed to. Clause 7 [Street lighting and cleaning]: