Clause 41
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
5:00 pm
Tom Levitt (PPS (Rt Hon Hilary Benn, Secretary of State), Department for International Development; High Peak, Labour)
I get the impression that the hon. Gentleman is talking about the difference made by a well run council that engages councillors, be they there principally to make decisions or to scrutinise. That is the real difference that he is describing. Is there not a great danger of assuming that scrutiny is a lesser role and therefore less satisfying when, in fact, scrutiny is an important role when it is done and managed well?