Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

We at least owe it to the Minister to thank her for explaining that, rather than ““Changing governance arrangements””, this is the ““Brighton and Hove”” clause. I was utterly confused by how one could become ineligible when one had the same population or possibly a difference of one person, and one was looking at the same estimate. We will not pursue our amendments on this matter, although that does not detract from our view that, however good, bad, large or small Brighton and Hove is, it like any other authority should be free to choose the so-called alternative arrangements from the many that are available to it. On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 129A to 135 not moved.]