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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 226AA: 226AA: Clause 165, page 111, line 34, at end insert— ““( ) Any information disclosed under this section must be destroyed by the receiving party no less than six months after the information is disclosed.”” The noble Baroness said: Again, this is a probing amendment, but it is essential to bring into the debate the adequate safeguards that are to be put in place to protect the information that can be disclosed in audit processes. Amendment No. 226AA would ensure that any information disclosed under the section would be destroyed within six months. Amendment No. 226AB covers the situation where the publication would be likely to be prejudicial to the effective safeguarding of the personal details of any individual. It is important that there is a duty on the Audit Commission to safeguard such information. I beg to move.