Greater London Authority Bill

I am not sure if that is a sufficient reason for why the provision of a requirement to attend should not be included in the Bill. The fact that a particular post holder—the public health director for London—is accountable to the strategic health authority and, through that, to Ministers does not seem to alter the fact that it would be helpful for the transparency of work on public health if that person might, on occasions, be required to attend Assembly meetings. The fact that the current post holder voluntarily agrees to do so does not help if, in future, the post holder decides that that is not something he wants to do. The Government could take that away and look at it again.