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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 2: 2: Clause 33, page 19, line 37, leave out paragraph (b) The noble Baroness said: My Lords, this group of amendments tidies up the Bill following your Lordships’ decision to remove the elected executive model from the Bill. We are of course disappointed that noble Lords opposite have chosen to remove what is, as I have stressed throughout every stage, a highly innovative model. However, as that is the will of the House, we have ensured that all references to elected executives are removed from the Bill. The amendments remove Schedule 3, which sets out the voting system for a directly elected executive and is therefore no longer required. We are bringing back amendments to Schedule 4 which make consequential amendments to the Local Government Act 1972 and relate to the provisions in Clause 66(3), which clarifies when a mayor is to be treated as a member of a local authority. We also reinstate Schedule 5, less any reference to elected executive models, as the provisions within that schedule are necessary to allow local authorities to make the transition to the executive models that remain in the Bill—that is, the leader and Cabinet executive and mayor and Cabinet executive models. The amendments reflect the will of the House and ensure that the Bill is fit for purpose. I commend them to the House and beg to move.