Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords]

On a point of detail about the sub-regional consideration of development issues in particular, recommendation 26 of the Business and Enterprise Committee's fourth report of Session 2008-09 stated:""The Committee is concerned about the process by which local authorities…can leave EPBs."" If there is no easier mechanism to withdraw, a disruptive member of an economic prosperity board could cause real difficulty to the EPB. We have not yet had the Government's response to our report. What does the Secretary of State say about the mechanism by which a local authority that no longer wishes to co-operate with an EPB can withdraw?