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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

So we are dealing simply with Amendment No. 8. That is fine. I can give the noble Baroness a fairly short response. I understand the intention behind the amendment: she seeks to find out whether a proposal for a county unitary could result in a new authority—a fresh start—rather than an existing county council that simply absorbed the functions of the constituent district councils. The Bill provides for exactly that—for the implementation of a new county council. It is effective through Clause 11(3)(e) and Clause 11(5)(a). I do not have anything else to tell her, but I hope that that answers the question.