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Greater London Authority Bill

Is the Minister at all concerned, as I am, that the list of determinants might mean that the Mayor feels that he can call on his powers, which she has said he will have, to interfere with whatever other boroughs are doing? One of the concerns of boroughs in London is that they might find that they cannot do as good a health job as they are doing with their own social services and health departments because he would be interfering and saying what they should be doing. It is all very well to give him influence—everyone is very happy for him to have influence—but I would want to be sure that he does not have powers to supersede or overrule what local boroughs think is right.