Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

I thank the Minister for that reply. Earlier we discussed the impact on residents of registered social landlords—a matter we shall come back to. The Minister’s advice was that they were not an authority or a body within the terms of the clause. The same has now been said about the voluntary and third sector. Here we have two major players in local communities which are being left on the branch on the basis that they are so important they are bound to be consulted. Voluntary organisations are not at all comfortable that that will happen unless they are added to those bodies which must be taken into account in local area agreements, and whether they are part of local strategic partnerships is not what we are talking about. We have a problem here in that two major bodies which have a big investment in local areas are not to be included in the Bill. I think I have understood the Minister correctly, and we will probably come back to this because it is important. For the moment, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 209CA had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.] [Amendment No. 209CAA not moved.] [Amendment No. 209CAB had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.] [Amendment No. 209CAC not moved.]