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Amend the Humber Bridge Act 1959; to require the Secretary of State to give |
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directions to certain members of the Humber Bridge Board in relation to |
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healthcare; to require the Secretary of State to review the desirability of |
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facilitating journeys across the Humber Bridge in relation to healthcare; and |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Composition of Humber Bridge Board |
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(1) | The Humber Bridge Act 1959 (ch. xlvi) is amended as follows. |
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(2) | In section 6 (constitution of Board), for “22”, substitute “24”. |
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(3) | In that section, at the end, insert— |
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“two members to be appointed by the Secretary of State to represent the |
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2 | Duty to give directions to NHS members of the Board |
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(1) | The Secretary of State shall direct the members he has nominated to the Board |
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under section 6 of the Humber Bridge Act 1959 to represent the interests of the |
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NHS to have regard to the desirability of facilitating journeys across the Bridge |
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for the following reasons— |
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(a) | to receive health care; |
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(b) | to visit someone in receipt of health care; or |
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(c) | for training related to their work for the National Health Service |
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| in hospitals run by the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. |
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3 | Review of cost of journeys relating to healthcare |
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(1) | The Secretary of State shall, from time to time, review the desirability of |
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reducing costs for persons undertaking journeys across the Humber Bridge |
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