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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 225A: 225A: Clause 134, page 94, line 11, leave out from beginning to first ““the”” in line 12 The noble Baroness said: I shall speak also to Amendments Nos. 225B, 225C and 225D—all of which are to the clause headed ““Community support officers etc””—fighting the term ““etc””. I shall mention Amendment No. 225B first because it is slightly different. The amendment refers to a list to be published. We are adding the words, "““as amended from time to time””," because it is to be published, "““in such a way as to bring it to the attention to members of the public””." We are merely seeking clarification as to what is required there because, as we have heard, the list may be amended. The other amendments are at the instigation of the Association of Police Chief Officers and the Association of Police Authorities which, among other things, have reservations about the effect this provision may have on chief officers and police authorities, particularly on police resources—we all know about the pressure on policing budgets. They are not clear why it is proposed to impose an obligation on chief officers to maintain and publish a list of by-laws when it is the local authority which is, as one might say, the owner of them. Again, there is a burden on police resources and an unnecessary piece of bureaucracy. The third point concerns the enforcement of by-laws which again affect police resources. Ultimately, police authorities are responsible for these and they believe—and I agree with them—that together with chief officers, they should be named in the Bill as consultees on changes to local by-laws. I beg to move.