As for the social targets that will be negotiated, it is hard to think of a political party that would be for worklessness or childhood obesity. Those targets should stand above party politics because they are in the national interest, and the national interest serves the nation. Most of those targets will be self-evidently important and important locally. If the situation which the noble Baroness describes should come about, there would be an opportunity to revise the targets. Certainly the local targets can be revised at any time at all without reference to the Secretary of State.
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 16 July 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill.
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