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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 214ZA: 214ZA: Clause 118, page 75, line 10, at end insert— ““( ) If a responsible local authority includes two or more PCTs, subsection (1) applies separately to the area of each of them.”” The noble Lord said: Subsection (5) of Clause 118 states: "““The responsible local authority must publish each assessment of relevant needs prepared under this section in relation to its area””." The amendment probes what happens in large authorities—I return to the theme of large authorities and how local area agreements will be carried out within them—where there is more than one primary care trust. Will there be one needs assessment for the whole area or separate ones for each PCT area? How will it work? I beg to move.