Clause 29
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
10:00 am
Alistair Burt (Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government), Communities and Local Government; North East Bedfordshire, Conservative)
I am interested in the comments that the hon. Member for Hazel Grove made on the clause. The clause grants substantial powers, but the Minister indicated that it does not mean what we think it means. Will he enlighten us on why the clause is needed—particularly subsection (1)(b), which may not grant the wide-ranging power that the hon. Member for Hazel Grove believed it to, but about which Conservative Members are also concerned?