Clause 7
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
5:00 pm
Robert Syms (Shadow Minister (Local Government), Communities and Local Government; Poole, Conservative)
We have so far had 26 proposals, of which the Government intend to run with eight, as I read somewhere—it might be fewer, or it might be more. However, as I understand the Government’s intention, they will go forward with a proportion, so inevitably, no further action will be taken on some. At that point, presumably, the proposals on which no action has been taken are dead—gone. What I mean is that the Government are not going to go forward with eight and have another eight later. When someone has worked everything out, spent the money and put the proposal together, it is either success or failure.