Clause 46 - Care Trusts where directedpartnership arrangements
Health and Social Care Bill
12:45 pm
Mr John Hutton (Minister of State, Department of Health; Barrow and Furness, Labour)
We will have to set out some of the details of this in the guidance and regulations that we intend to use. I knew that the hon. Gentleman would not like that. We will certainly not be hatching our own proposals in Richmond house. We want to discuss the details of this provision very closely with the Local Government Association, the Audit Commission and others to make sure that we get it right. The role of the arbiter, therefore, will have to be developed. We want him particularly to help us to determine the amount of resource transfer that might be necessary where agreement cannot be reached between the parties. The hon. Gentleman will accept that that is a difficult area and that we want to make sure that the arrangements we put in place for dealing with the issue are sensible and fair to all the parties involved.
For the reasons I have tried to set out, I would advise my hon. Friends not to accept the amendments.