Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill [HL]

Were it not for the fact that I hope to be the dinner bell of this Committee, we could go on arguing about this amendment for a considerable time. The noble Lord, Lord Prys-Davies is right to draw a comparison between Clause 3(1), where a review occurs on its own—and where we seek to insert ““and monitor””—and Clause 5(1), where the commissioner may indeed review and monitor. So once again we are pleading for some consistency in the Bill. But we must be grateful for the morsels of comfort from the Minister’s assurance that ““review”” in this context includes ““and monitor””. I am quite prepared to accept his word, but we certainly expect the monitoring process to be included in any review under Clause 3(1). We shall continue to study the Bill and if we feel inclined to return to this matter at a later stage, we will. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.