Clause 29
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
10:00 am
Phil Woolas (Minister of State (Local Government & Community Cohesion), Department for Communities and Local Government; Oldham East and Saddleworth, Labour)
The clause allows the Secretary ofState to amend the amounts that are identified in clause 24(1)—the amounts above which consent is required for disposal of land or for certain contracts. Such amendment might be required if, for example, property prices or land values were to increase markedly. The clause also allows the Secretary of State to amend the date of 31 December, which we have discussed. The clause therefore allows the provisions of the Bill to be amended so that they are more workable—in the event, for example, that the decision-making process changed for some reason, perhaps because of the point that the hon. Gentleman madeon stage 2 of the consultation. It gives the Secretaryof State flexibility to make provision for changed circumstances.