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I expect that we will deal with the bill substantively in the autumn, after the summer recess. The minister told me last week that the bill would be introduced before the summer recess to allow the Health Committee to take a view on where to go with it.
It was important to have the discussion before the summer recess, because it is necessary to do as much of the planning as possible this side of the summer recess.
At Westminster, no answers are given during recesses. It would be less than responsible of us not to recognise that, during a summer recess, there are breaks in the resources available to answer questions and that staff take holidays.
A revised draft of that guidance will be produced during the summer recess. Will it be e-mailed to us so that we can consider it before the first meeting after the recess?
I believe that the Local Government Committee will start taking evidence before the summer recess, but will have at least one evidence-taking session after the summer recess.