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The Clerk of the House of Commons explained that the technical capacity needed to take on the Sponsor Body’s role was well beyond anything within the House administrations’ in-house resource. He suggested there will need to be a professional client function with the same mix of professional skills as the Sponsor Body’s current team.40 We heard that the House administrations were not resourced to take on the Sponsor Body’s role, which included overseeing the Delivery Authority’s performance and providing Programme sponsorship.41 33 HC49 Q 28 34 HC1100 Q 88 35 HC1100 Qq 47, 159 36 Joint report from the House of Commons and House of Lords Commissions, 14 June 2022 37 House of Commons Commission, Decisions, 1 February 2022 38 House of Lords Commission, Minutes, 8 February 2022 39 Joint report from the House of Commons and House of Lords Commissions, 14 June 2022 40 HC1100 Qq 96–97 41 HC1100 Q 96 14 Restoration and Renewal of Parliament