Amendments proposed to the Water Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons
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Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

155

Clause     61,     page     76,     line     25,     after 'increase', insert 'or decrease artificially added fluoride'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

107

Clause     61,     page     76,     line     26,     at end insert 'only'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

213

Clause     61,     page     76,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   Neither shall a water undertaker be required by subsection (1) above to enter into any such arrangements unless and until it has been ascertained (pursuant to the provisions of section 89 below) that at least 90 per cent. of the population residing within the area proposed to be fluoridated are in favour of the fluoridation of their water supply.'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainer
Mr Robert Key

301

*Clause     61,     page     76,     line     33,     leave out from 'a' to end of line 35 and insert 'local authority'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

214

Clause     61,     page     77,     line     6,     after 'of', insert 'up to'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

215

Clause     61,     page     77,     line     10,     leave out 'may, for example' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

216

Clause     61,     page     77,     leave out lines 11 and 12 and insert—

'(a)	requiring reimbursement by the relevant authority to the water undertaker of all the undertaker's capital and operational costs of or in any way related to the fluoridation of the water supply;'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

217

Clause     61,     page     77,     line     17,     at beginning insert 'Before making a request under subsection (1) above,'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

218

Clause     61,     page     77,     line     27,     at end insert—

    '87AAFluoridation arrangements: technical guidance

    (1)   Without prejudice to Chapter III of this Part and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Secretary of State and the Assembly shall jointly prepare and issue a code of practice containing guidance on the technical standards that must be met by water undertakers in relation to the fluoridation of water supplies.

    (2)   Such code of practice shall—

(a)	include such provisions, and

(b)	be prepared and made in such manner,

       as shall be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

108

Clause     61,     page     77,     line     31,     at end insert 'then no fluoridation shall take place'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

109

Clause     61,     page     77,     leave out lines 32 to 45.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

219

Clause     61,     page     78,     leave out lines 20 to 34 and insert—

    '(3)   Subject to such safeguards as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State, where a water undertaker is required by any such arrangements to add fluoride to water which it supplies to any area, the undertaker may, to such extent and for such time as may be reasonably necessary to accommodate any operational exigency—

(a)	not supply such fluoridated water to the area required to be fluoridated; or

(b)	reduce the concentration of fluoride in the water required to be fluoridated to below the required concentration.

    (4)   In this section, "operational exigency" means—

(a)	any serious deficiency in supply;

(b)	any accident or unforeseen circumstance;

(c)	the carrying out of any works (including cleaning and maintenance) by the undertaker concerned or, as the case may be, by the undertakers concerned, or by a licensed water supplier supplying water using its or their supply system;

(d)	any contractual obligation on the undertaker concerned or, as the case may be, on any of the undertakers concerned, or on a licensed water supplier supplying water using its or their supply system, to supply water of a particular quality; or

(e)	any other operational circumstance which involves the undertaker concerned or, as the case may, any of the undertakers concerned, or a licensed water supplier supplying water using its or their supply system, varying the source or sources of the supply of water to the area in question.'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

156

Clause     61,     page     79,     line     19,     after 'below', insert 'the Secretary of State must ensure funding is available for the consultation to take place as set out below, and'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

157

Clause     61,     page     79,     line     20,     at end insert 'request the elected local authorities within its area to'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

110

Clause     61,     page     79,     line     21,     after 'consult', insert 'all households'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

158

Clause     61,     page     79,     line     22,     at end insert 'then if public opinion is clearly in favour of such an addition'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

220

Clause     61,     page     80,     leave out lines 6 to 9 and insert—

    '(1)   The Secretary of State shall indemnify every water undertaker which enters into arrangements under section 87(1) above against all liabilities that any such undertaker may incur in complying with such arrangements, other than liabilities arising from the undertaker's own fault or negligence.

    (1A)   Subject to subsection (1) above, each indemnity shall be on such terms as (with the consent of the Treasury) may be agreed between the Secretary of State and the undertaker.'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

111

Clause     61,     page     80,     leave out lines 10 to 15.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

221

Clause     61,     page     80,     line     10,     at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (1) above'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

222

Clause     61,     page     80,     leave out lines 12 and 13.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

223

Clause     61,     page     80,     line     15,     at end insert—

    '90AFluoridation arrangements: precondition       A water undertaker shall not be obliged to enter into any arrangements under section 87 above until the Secretary of State has made regulations under sections 87AA and 89 above.'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

159

Clause     61,     page     80,     line     18,     at end add—

       'After section 89 of the WIA is inserted—

    "89A Assessment

    (1)   Following an increase of the fluoride content of water under section 87, a relevant authority shall—

(a)	undertake a continuous assessment of the correlation between fluoride consumption and changes in the dental health of the affected population;

(b)	undertake a continuous assessment of the correlation between fluoride consumption and the incidence of any known or suspected adverse affects of fluoride consumption in the affected population;

(c)	place all data obtained for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) above in the public domain;

(d)	periodically publish analysis of the data obtained for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

    (2)   The Secretary of State shall by regulation make provisions about—

(a)	the requirements which must be satisfied by relevant authorities for the purposes of subsection (1) above.".'.

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ORDERS OF THE HOUSE [8TH AND 15TH SEPTEMBER 2003]

       That the following provisions shall apply to the Water Bill [Lords]—

Committal

    1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

    2.   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 23rd October 2003.

    3.   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

    4.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

    5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

    6.   Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

    7.   Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments or any further message from the Lords) may be programmed.

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ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [16TH SEPTEMBER 2003]

That—

    (1)   during proceedings on the Water Bill [Lords] the Standing Committee shall meet when the House is sitting on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.55 a.m. and 2.30 p.m., except that on Tuesday 14th October it shall meet only at 4.30 p.m.;

    (2)   11 sittings in all shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;

    (3)   the proceedings to be taken at the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;

    (4)   the proceedings which under paragraph (3) are to be taken on any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;

    (5)   paragraph (3) does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the Table) at any earlier sitting than that provided under paragraph (3) if previous proceedings have already been concluded.

TABLE

Sitting	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
16th September (8.55 a.m.)	Clauses 1 to 32; Clauses 34 to 36; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1 (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Clause 33).	-
16th September (2.30 p.m.)	Clauses 1 to 32; Clauses 34 to 36; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1 (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Clause 33).	-
18th September (8.55 a.m.)	Clauses 1 to 32: Clauses 34 to 36; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1 (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Clause 33).	-
18th September (2.30 p.m.)	Clauses 1 to 32; Clauses 34 to 36; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1 (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Clause 33).	5.00 p.m.
14th October (4.30 p.m.)	Clause 33; Clause 37, Schedule 1; Clause 38, Schedule 2; Clause 39, Schedule 3; Clauses 40 to 58; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Clause 33, and to Part 2 (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to the licensing of water suppliers).	-
16th October (8.55 a.m.)	Clause 33; Clause 37, Schedule 1; Clause 38; Schedule 2; Clause 39, Schedule 3; Clauses 40 to 58; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Clause 33, and Part 2 (except new Clauses and New Schedules relating to the licensing of water suppliers).	11.25 a.m.
16th October (2.30 p.m.)	Clause 59, Schedules 4 and 8; Clause 60; Clauses 62 to 87, Schedules 5 and 6; Clauses 88 to 102, Schedules 7 and 9; Clauses 103 to 106; remaining new Clauses and new Schedules (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to fluoridation).	-
21st October (8.55 a.m.)	Clause 59, Schedules 4 and 8; Clause 60; Clauses 62 to 87, Schedules 5 and 6; Clauses 88 to 102, Schedules 7 and 9; Clauses 103 to 106; remaining new Clauses and new Schedules (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to fluoridation).	11.25 a.m.
21st October (2.30 p.m.)	Clause 61; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to fluoridation; remaining proceedings on the Bill.	-
23rd October (8.55 a.m.)	Clause 61; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to fluoridation; remaining proceedings on the Bill.	-
23rd October (2.30 p.m.)	Clause 61; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to fluoridation; remaining proceedings on the Bill.	5.00 p.m.

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Prepared 16 Oct 2003