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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 30th January 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill


 

[First and Second Sittings]


 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

Agreed to

 

That—

 

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday

 

30th January) meet—

 

(a)  

at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 30th January;

 

(b)  

at 9.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 1st February;

 

(c)  

at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6th February;

 

(d)  

at 9.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th February;

 

(e)  

at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 20th February;

 

(f)  

at 9.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 22nd February;

 

(g)  

at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 27th February;

 

(h)  

at 9.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 1st March;

 

(i)  

at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6th March;

 

(j)  

at 9.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th March;

 

(2)  

the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

 

Table;

 

Date

Time

Witness

 
 

Tuesday 30th January

Until no later than

Local Government

 
  

1.00 p.m.

Association

 
 

Tuesday 30th January

Until no later than

Gordon Keymer CBE,

 
  

5.15 p.m.

Chair of the District

 
   

Councils Group, Local

 
   

Government

 
   

Association

 
 

Tuesday 30th January

Until no later than

London Councils

 
  

6.00 p.m.

  
 

Tuesday 30th January

Until no later than

Health Link

 
  

7.00 p.m.

  
 

Thursday 1st February

Until no later than

Unlock Democracy

 
  

10.25 a.m.

  
 

Thursday 1st February

Until no later than

Department for

 
  

4.00 p.m.

Communities and

 
   

Local Government,

 
   

Department of Health

 

 
 

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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill, continued

 
 

(3)  

Proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

 

following order: Clauses 1 to 104; Schedule 7; Clauses 105 to 112; Schedule

 

8; Clauses 113 to 116; Schedule 10; Clause 117; Schedule 11; Clause 118 to

 

151; Schedule 12; Clauses 152 to 165; Schedule 14; Clauses 166 to 169; new

 

Clauses; new Schedules; Clauses 170 to 176; Schedules 1 to 6; Schedule 9;

 

Schedule 13; Schedule 15; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

 

(4)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th March.

 


 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

Agreed to

 

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

Agreed to

 

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

 

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

 


 

 

The following witnesses were examined:

 


 

Sir Jeremy Beecham, Vice Chair, Sir Simon Milton, Leader of Westminster City Council and Chair

 

of LGA Improvement Board, Councillor Richard Kemp, Deputy Chair, and Paul Cohen, Chief

 

Executive, Local Government Association;

 


 

Gordon Keymer CBE, Chair of the District Councils Conservative Group. Local Government

 

Association;

 


 

Councillor Merrick Cockell, Chairman, and Mr Martin Pilgrim, Chief Executive, London Councils;


 
 

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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill, continued

 
 


 

and Elizabeth Manero, Director, and Sally Brearley, Chair, Health Link.

 

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.30 a.m.


 
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