Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
10:30 am
Witness
Tuesday 30th January
Until no later than 1.00 p.m.
Local Government Association
Tuesday 30th January
Until no later than 5.15 p.m.
Gordon Keymer CBE, Chair of the District Councils Group, Local Government Association
Tuesday 30th January
Until no later than 6.00 p.m.
London Councils
Tuesday 30th January
Until no later than 7.00 p.m.
Health Link
Thursday 1st February
Until no later than 10.25 a.m.
Unlock Democracy
Thursday 1st February
Until no later than 4.00 p.m.
Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health
(3) Proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 104; Schedule 7; Clauses 105 to 112; Schedule 8; Clauses 113 to 116; Schedule 10; Clause 117; Schedule 11; Clause 118 to 151; Schedule 12; Clauses 152 to 165; Schedule 14; Clauses 166 to 169; new Clauses; new Schedules; Clauses 170 to 176; Schedules 1 to 6; Schedule 9; Schedule 13; Schedule 15; remaining proceedings on the Bill;
(4) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th March.
Thank you, Mr. Benton, for your introduction. It is a privilege not only to be able to move the motion and put the Bill before the Committee on behalf of the Government, but to help in what you have described as an historic day for Parliament. This is the first time that this form of scrutiny has taken place. I thank all members of the Committee for taking part in the deliberations on what we believe to be an important Bill that introduces changes for local government and other agencies.
Although we have obviously not been able to satisfy all the requests that have been put before us, we have tried to ensure that we have a good range of witnesses. I emphasise that the list is not exhaustive in terms of people who submitted evidence during the White Paper consultation process, which took two years.
I believe that we have allocated a sensible use of our time for scrutiny of the Bill and the motion before us refers to the ordering of the clauses and schedules that the usual channels have discussed. I ask members of the Committee to support the programme motion.