Clause 18 - General powers
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill
5:15 pm
Mr Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 474, in
clause 18, page 8, line 8, leave out
'which appears to it to be'
and insert 'that is'.
This amendment need not take up more than a couple of minutes of the Committee's time. It seeks to avoid offering opportunities to the Minister's past profession and his former colleagues. The phrase
''which appears to it to be''
seems extremely woolly for a piece of legislation that should be tightly and carefully worded. We cannot see why ''anything'' needs to be subject to interpretation; surely the phrase ''that is'' is an acceptable alternative. It is a minor improvement that we hope the Government can accept.