Greater London Authority Bill

Perhaps the noble Baroness is misrepresenting the situation as it is envisaged. In truth, the Assembly will be able to be very clear about the information that it requests from candidates, and I am sure that candidates will furnish it extremely fully with the information that it requires. The Assembly is surely strong enough and robust enough to draw its own conclusions about the quality of the information that it receives. If there are omissions, conclusions may be drawn from them. We are asking candidates to make themselves available for scrutiny. Part of that is about providing adequate information for the Assembly. The powers set out in the Bill are pretty adequate for achieving that.