Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill [HL]

As the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, said, we support Amendments Nos. 38 and 39. I, too, hope the Minister will welcome them because it would be inconceivable to have a clause about a forward work plan that may or may not be implemented. There would be very little point in drawing it up unless it was implemented. Indeed, in other publicly-funded bodies, such as local government, there would be plenty of inspectors from all over the place—not least from the Audit Commission—making sure that the body had implemented its forward work plan to the letter. I am not sure who will inspect the NCC to ensure that it has implemented its work plan, but perhaps the Minister will tell me.