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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 216A: 216A: Clause 123, page 79, leave out line 18 The noble Baroness said: I shall also speak to Amendment No. 217C. They are in essence the same amendment. Amendment No. 216A relates to Clause 123(1), which is the first clause in which police authorities and chief police officers are excluded and which is about information that associated authorities—the technical term—must provide. Amendment No. 217C relates to Clause 124 and to recommendations going to ““relevant partner authorities””—another technical term. My amendments were tabled to understand the Government’s reasoning behind this exclusion. The noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, talked about another bus coming along and hoping to jump on it. I might be told that the bus went last year and that I have missed it. Without wanting to extend the transport analogy too far, that is simply why the amendments are here tonight. I beg to move.