I accept that point, and to some degree that is what we are doing today. We are moving forward on that. My hon. Friend mentions the concept of the right to challenge, which had not previously been mentioned in the debate. Again, we are moving forward on that, because we are moving into a world in which there will be much more information about what commissioners are doing and how public money is being spent. Through the Localism Act 2011, which I am delighted to say has completed its passage through Parliament, the right to challenge is now set in statute, with regulations to follow shortly to clarify how it will work. That is progress on the journey that I have described.
Public Services (Social Value) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Nick Hurd
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 25 November 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Services (Social Value) Bill.
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