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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I raised the amendment precisely to make the point about incorporation. The charter was ratified but it has never been incorporated into domestic legislation as it has in other European states. I was simply trying to use this opportunity to probe whether the Government had any intention of incorporating it into domestic legislation, or, indeed, whether any discussions had taken place. I will wait to hear from the noble Baroness in writing and beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 106 agreed to. Clause 107 [““Local improvement targets””: interpretation]: