Clause 11 - Amendments and repeals
Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]
10:45 am
Dr Andrew Murrison (Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education; Westbury, Conservative)
This is a brief clause, and I suspect that it is of a technical nature. It deals with schedules 3 and 4. As the Opposition clearly do not have the formidable civil service research capability that is available to the Minister, there is a risk that measures that may have implications for the Bill might be slipped in unbeknown to us. I am flicking through the list of Acts that are going to be amended or repealed as a result of the Bill, and I wonder what the implications are. I hope the Minister will not pass the clause without making any comment. Perhaps she could give us a résumé of the measures that are being repealed or amended. It is an extensive list of changes, so will she assure us that there will be no negative effects through the changes proposed under the clause?