An independent body to enable whistleblowers to come forward with concerns about nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) has been proposed by a Liberal Democrat peer.
The proposal was made as part of the House of Lords’ scrutiny of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
The former Department for Transport minister of state, now Liberal Democrat Lords spokesperson for treasury and the economy, Baroness Kramer, proposed Amendment 53A which would create a whistleblowing body covering NSIPs.
The amendment, if it had passed, would have required the government to “establish an independent body for the purpose of receiving and investigating protected disclosures in connection with nationally significant infrastructure projects”.
Promoting the amendment, Kramer said the infrastructure projects which the Labour government wants to deliver “will involve public investment or have a major impact on ordinary people, which means that integrity and transparency are vital if we are not to waste money, undermine public trust and fail to get the outcomes we need”.
Kramer added: “My amendment would set up a whistleblowing and oversight body for nationally significant infrastructure projects.
“It would have the necessary expertise to receive whistleblower disclosures, to protect whistleblowers from detriment and to investigate.
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