Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill [HL]

had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 25:"Page 6, line 23, leave out subsection (2)." The noble Lord said: My Lords, I want to reply to the Minister’s explanation. When this matter came before the Committee the noble Lord said—and this is to show that I have read what he said—that:"““The power to examine individual cases will be an important function of the commissioner, and one that may involve considerable resources””.—[Official Report, 26/10/05; col. GC 352.]" That is right—it is an important function of the commissioner. Why then, if the commissioner wishes to look at non-devolved matters under Clause 23 should he be debarred from looking at an individual case? Noble Lords will know from their own experience that it is generally speaking the individual case that triggers the wider picture and which causes an investigation to start. It is not some general feeling among the population that it is time to do something about a particular issue—it is an individual case that is important. This is a weakness in the Bill which we will return to at Third Reading. [Amendment No. 25 not moved.] [Amendment No. 26 not moved.] Clause 10 [Obstruction and contempt]: