Member

Amendment 196F, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, seeks to remove the ability to make incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary amendments to primary legislation passed in the future, to the conversion of combined county authorities to combined authorities following local government reorganisation. As your Lordships will know, the Government is currently undertaking an ambitious programme of local government reorganisation in areas with two-tier local government, with the aim of providing stronger unitary councils that are better equipped to drive economic growth, improve local public services and empower their communities.