Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 7
7
Not Addressed
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Abolishing the Industrial Strategy Council was a retrograde step.
Conclusion
Abolishing the Industrial Strategy Council was a retrograde step. We are concerned that the Government has disregarded and rejected the benefit of independent long- term analysis and evaluation. Without independent scrutiny implementation of industrial policy will be compromised at best and ineffective at worst. The Council’s analysis and expertise in interpreting the strengths and weaknesses of the Industrial Strategy informed our inquiry, which is just one illustration of how independent oversight can be harnessed for wider scrutiny.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses the precedent of not sharing NERT meeting information, failing to address the committee's concern about the abolition of the Industrial Strategy Council and the need for independent scrutiny.
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Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
83. The Government has noted the Select Committee’s interest in the role of the National Economy and Recovery Taskforce (NERT) in developing industrial policy, and its recommendation to publish the dates and minutes of NERT meetings. However, it is a long-established precedent that information about discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not shared publicly.
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