Member

I turn to Amendments 184 and 184A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville. They seek to remove the ability to make incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or supplementary amendments to primary legislation passed in the future that relates to the conferral or modification of functions for strategic authorities. This delegated power is critical to the Government’s ability to deepen the powers of strategic authorities over time and to ensure that they can effectively exercise their functions. This is because it enables the Government to remove legislative barriers that would otherwise prevent strategic authorities from taking on new powers.