My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving me a clear and uninterrupted response. If the drafting is inappropriate, I shall have a word with my parliamentary draftsmen, but I think that the purpose and intention of the amendment is clear. As things stand, if I understood the Minister correctly, these bodies may be required or requested to give information. However, there is an important difference between receiving information, desirable though that is, and the ability to question and cross-examine on that information, which is, of course, the principal purpose of an overview and scrutiny committee. I am, of course, disappointed that the Minister does not feel able to go just one more step along the road of making scrutiny effective, but under the circumstances I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment 100A withdrawn.
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Tope
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 23 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL].
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