Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

I think that all this will bear careful reading, but possibly not for a week or so. I hear what the noble Baroness says about the Secretary of State not having a role. That is an important point, but one needs to go back through some of our deliberations and be satisfied that that is the case. As to Amendment No. 238ZC, I think that I understood what the Minister was saying—that it is the different information rather than the different authorities that is relevant, although I should not use the word ““relevant”” here. She also talked about the Government’s intention that there will not be a heavy hand in this. Our role is to ensure that the words reflect the intention, and therefore I may want to return to that at a later stage. However, we will need to read the whole of these exchanges in order to flesh out the proposals in our own minds. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 238ZD not moved.] Clause 187 agreed to. Clauses 188 to 191 agreed to. Clause 192 [Ethical standards officers: investigations and findings]: