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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

The hon. Gentleman is right and I was wrong. I intended to refer to the pre-consultation. He thanked me for my approach. I should like to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), whose pressure and lobbying, along with that of other hon. Friends, led to the amendments. However grateful the hon. Member for Hazel Grove is, my hon. Friend the Member for St. Helens, North (Mr. Watts)—from the Whips Office—is not. I therefore urge hon. Members to support the new clause. Question put and agreed to. Clause read a Second time, and added to the Bill.