Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

That is an interesting question. The nature of the contract that the local authority would hold with the host would require the host to facilitate and enable the LINk. Therefore, if the host were so hopeless that it never ““got it together””, I would say that the LINk should start again with another host. With regard to the timing, I would hope that a host would not be in the position of writing an annual report a year after it had set up. Again, that would be a cause for concern. We have not set timetables on this because in some areas—large rural areas, for example—it might be difficult to establish a mechanism for people to come together and there would be a loss of virtual activity. However, perhaps I may come back to the noble Baroness on that important point.