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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

My Lords, does the term ““open competition”” mean the introduction of a completely new recruitment process or will these jobs be ring-fenced? Inevitably, one or two chief executives will be put out of their positions, as well as other directors. Under most circumstances you would expect it to be a limited competition among them until one or other is accepted. However, it sounds as if the process will be one of encouraging people to come in from elsewhere—one of those head hunter operations. Can the noble Baroness clarify this?