Clause 1 - Community Health Councils in Wales
Health (Wales) Bill
11:30 am
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley, Conservative)
Yes, and it is a shame. I could table many amendments if it were. I am talking not about the building but about consultation. I am talking
about a process that the Welsh Assembly might adopt on many matters, including changing the name of a CHC. I used the Welsh Assembly building as an example because if it consulted on that, it would find that the people of Wales said no. But it has decided not to consult the people of Wales, even though the cost has gone way through the roof. When the Minister tells me to be reassured that the Welsh Assembly will consult, I am not reassured in the slightest. I believe that we ought to put safeguards in the Bill to protect the independence that the Minister says he cherishes.