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Amendments proposed to the Health Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons

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Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

Page 61, line 41, leave out Clause 53.

Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

Clause 55, page 66, line 14, leave out subsection (1).

Mr John Denham

Schedule 4, page 81, line 8, at end insert—

'. In section 11 (Special Health Authorities), for subsection (1) there is substituted—

Mr John Denham

Schedule 4, page 81, leave out lines 11 to 17 and insert—

'6. For section 16 (exercise of functions) there is substituted—

"Exercise of functions by Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities. 16.—(1) This subsection applies to functions which are exercisable by a Health Authority under or by virtue of this Act (including this section), the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 or any prescribed provision of any other Act.
    (2) Regulations may provide for any functions to which subsection (1) above applies to be exercised—

(a) by another Health Authority,

(b) by a Special Health Authority, or

(c) jointly with any one or more of the following: Primary Care Trusts and other Health Authorities.
    (3) Regulations may provide for any functions which are exercisable by a Special Health Authority under section 16D below to be exercised—

(a) by another Special Health Authority, or

(b) jointly with one or more other Special Health Authorities.
    (4) Regulations may provide—

(a) for any functions to which subsection (1) above applies to be exercised, on behalf of the Health Authority by whom they are exercisable, by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the Health Authority,

(b) for any functions which, under section 16D below or this section, are exercisable by a Special Health Authority to be exercised, on behalf of that authority, by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority,

(c) for any functions exercisable jointly under subsection (2)(c) or (3)(b) above to be exercised, on behalf of the health service bodies in question, by a joint committee or joint sub-committee." '.

Mr John Denham

Schedule 4, page 86, line 7, leave out from 'for' to end of line and insert ' "11 to 17" there is substituted "16D to 17B".'.

Mr John Denham

Schedule 4, page 86, leave out lines 39 to 47 and insert—

(1A) This paragraph does not apply in relation to the joint exercise of any functions by an authority with another body under section 16(2)(c) or (3)(b) above." '.

Mr John Denham

100

Schedule 4, page 92, line 42, leave out ' "13" ' and insert ' "11 or 13" '.

Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

Clause 60, page 66, line 40, at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (2A) below'.

Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

Clause 60, page 67, line 2, at end insert—

'(2A) A day may be appointed under subsection (1) above in relation to Part II of this Act only if—

(a) it is a day later than 1st July 2000; and

(b) the Scottish Parliament has not, before that day, made (or indicated its intention to make) separate provision for Scotland for the reform of primary care services according to principles broadly similar to those contained in Part I as regards England and Wales.'.

Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

Clause 61, page 67, line 9, leave out 'Part II extends only to Scotland'.

NEW CLAUSES

Provision for Scotland

Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

'.—The Scottish Parliament shall, by 31st March 2001, bring forward proposals, of a broadly similar nature to those contained in Part I of this Act, to make provision for the reform of primary care services, and for connected purposes, in Scotland.'.

Power to grant providers of general medical services in Scotland leave to withdraw from Primary Care Trusts

Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) The Secretary of State may by Order—

(a) grant any individual provider of general medical services leave to withdraw from any primary care trust which may be established in Scotland under Part II of this Act;

(b) grant any individual provider of general medical services leave to withdraw from the direct budgetary control of a health board or sub-committee thereof.

(2) Any provider of general medical services given leave under subsection (1) above shall take on such powers, functions and budget as may be directed by the Secretary of State.'.

Recovery of costs from tobacco companies

Mr Michael Fabricant

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) Health Authorities, NHS trusts and Primary Care Trusts shall recover from companies or agents of companies which produce tobacco products (hereinafter called tobacco companies) the cost of treatment and care arising from smoking-related illness.

(2) Costs in subsection (1) shall be calculated according to a formula provided by the Commission for Health Improvement under section 18(1)(g) of this Act.

(3) The Secretary of State shall make regulations for the establishment and operation of an appropriate legal and financial instrument, to be known as the Tobacco Damage Compensation Fund, hereinafter referred to as the Fund, into which tobacco companies shall be jointly, strictly and severally liable to pay the sums established under subsection (2) and aggregated by the Commission for Health Improvement in section 18(1)(g), hereinafter known as the annual damages claim.

(4) Each year on 6th April the tobacco companies shall pay the calculated annual damages claim into the Fund in proportion to their sales-weighted market share over the preceding 20 years.

(5) Within 12 months of the date mentioned in subsection (4) above, each Health Authority, Primary Care Trust and NHS trust shall draw from the Fund an amount equal to its share of the calculated annual damages claim.

(6) Each Health Authority, Primary Care Trust and NHS trust shall use its share of the calculated annual damages claim only to fund smoking cessation and prevention services.'.

Duty to publish annual statement on pharmaceutical price regulation scheme

Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Mr Paul Burstow
Sir Robert Smith

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

'The Secretary of State shall publish an annual statement on any voluntary or statutory scheme he has agreed with the industry body, which shall include—

(a) the criteria he will use for the purposes of exercising his powers under sections 30 (1) (a) and (b) and 32 (1) (a) and (b);

(b) the categories of information which, in response to a request from the industry, he is prepared to treat as commercially confidential and his reasons for so doing;

(c) details of the outcome of his consultation with the industry and bodies representing consumers and the public interest over the establishment of the scheme;

(d) the mechanisms he intends to put in place for independent audit of the negotiations over the scheme and for publishing the results of such an audit;

(e) an indication as to when he will next review the scheme.'.

Mr John Denham

101

Title, line 4, leave out from 'functions' to 'confer' in line 6.




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