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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

My Lords, it is interesting to know from the Minister what happened to the areas not included in the proposals. One of the effects of crossing boundaries—to which the noble Baroness has referred in the past—will be that the Boundary Committee will do the tidying up. There could be a great deal of tidying-up if county council boundaries were breached. I should be very interested to know the remaining proposals from that part of the country which would enable the proposal put forward. Perhaps it has not gone ahead because it was too complicated. Let us be clear—these proposals are ad hoc and not a generalised restructuring across the country. As I said before, a small number of proposals are being put forward, not even for the same parts of the country—they are just spattered across the country. Where there are breaches in one area and on one border, precedents for others begin to be set up. If invitations continue to be put out, there is potential for this to happen more and more. I was very interested in what the Minister said about Yorkshire and the fact that my noble friend Lord Eccles, who is in his place, did not leap in at the mere mention of Yorkshire. I omitted to thank him for his contribution on the previous amendment. I thank the Minister for her reply. For today’s purposes, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 3 to 8 not moved.] Clause 3 [Invitations, directions and proposals: supplementary]: [Amendment No. 9 not moved.]