Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

I have not already addressed the point; it is a new one. It may be helpful if I provide an example of how an exemption for an individual company has been needed in the past. Article 4 of the Local Authorities (Companies) Order 1995 requires regulated companies to mention on their documents the fact that they are controlled or, as the case may be, influenced by a local authority, and to list the relevant authorities. In 2006, the Secretary of State was approached by Local Authority Building Control for an exemption from this requirement. With membership open to over 300 authorities, it was considered impractical for the company to name every authority on all relevant documents. The Secretary of State agreed that such a requirement was impractical and a direction was issued to exempt the company from that requirement. There may be other circumstances in which it would be appropriate to consider exempting an individual entity or trust from the scope of regulation established under any new order. The point is as simple as that. One can only imagine a letterhead listing 300 companies. The provision addresses practical issues, and if we accepted the amendment, we could not prevent those issues being brought into play.