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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

I hope that I can reassure the noble Baroness, because I think that she has possibly misread Clause 108(4), which is not at all usual for her. She seems to think that the Secretary of State would have to consult representatives of partner authorities only where they were also part of local government; for example, a fire and rescue authority or joint waste authority. In fact, it provides that the Secretary of State must consult both representatives of local government and representatives of partner authorities. It treats partner authorities in exactly the same way as it treats local government, and I assure the noble Baroness that the amendment is unnecessary and the Bill provides what she wants. That is the meaning of that subsection.