Amendments proposed to the Health Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Andrew Mackinlay
Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

39

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     6,     leave out subsection (5).

   

Sir George Young

60

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     11,     at end add—

    '(6)   The appropriate national authority shall, following consultation with the Health and Safety Commission and such persons as they consider appropriate, set maximum permitted occupational exposure limits to smoke or any constituent part thereof for any premise which would otherwise be smoke-free but permits smoking at any time by virtue of regulations issued under subsection (3).'.

   

Sir George Young

61

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     11,     at end add—

    '(6)   No regulations under this section shall be made unless and until smoke emitted as a result of smoking as defined in section 1 has been previously designated as a hazardous substance under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations.'.

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Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

5

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     20,     after 'to', insert 'significant amounts of'.

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Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

52

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     29,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

9

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     30,     after 'vehicles', insert 'used for the carriage of the public for payment.'.

   

Caroline Flint

72

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     36,     at end insert—

    '( )   The power to make regulations under this section is not exercisable in relation to—

(a)	any ship or hovercraft in relation to which regulations could be made under section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21) (safety and health on ships), including that section as applied by any Order in Council under section 1(1)(h) of the Hovercraft Act 1968 (c.59), or

(b)	persons on any such ship or hovercraft.

    ( )   In section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), at the end add—

    "(8)   Safety regulations which make provision in respect of the prohibition of smoking on any ship ("the smoking provisions") may include provision—

(a)	for the appointment by the Secretary of State of persons to enforce the smoking provisions (whether in respect of ships generally or for any particular case or purpose), and for the removal of any person so appointed,

(b)	for such persons (if they are not surveyors of ships appointed under section 256) to have the powers of such surveyors for the purposes of their enforcement functions,

(c)

for any such persons to have, for the purposes of their enforcement functions, powers corresponding to those which authorised officers have under paragraphs 2(b) to (e), 3 and 4, as read with paragraphs 5 and 9, of Schedule 2 to the Health Act 2006 (which confers powers of entry, etc., on authorised officers of enforcement authorities in relation to the enforcement of the provisions of that Act in relation to smoking),

(d)	in relation to an offence of smoking in a place where smoking is prohibited under the smoking provisions, for purposes corresponding to those of section 8 of and Schedule 1 to the Health Act 2006 (which provide for the giving by authorised officers of penalty notices in respect of such an offence).

In this subsection, "smoking" has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Health Act 2006." '.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

8

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     37,     after 'vehicle', insert 'used for the transport of the public.'.

   

Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

51

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     37,     after 'train', insert 'bus, coach'.

   

Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

53

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     38,     at end add—

    '(4)   Regulations shall provide for prescribed vehicles to be smoke-free wherever a journey does not end under the jurisdiction of the same national authority as the national authority in which it began.'.

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Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

49

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     22,     leave out from 'he' to end of line 30 and insert 'took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence not to commit the offence'.

   

Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

50

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     31,     leave out subsection (7).

   

Mr Andrew LansleyDr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

62

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     36,     leave out from 'exceeding' to end of line 37 and insert 'level 1 on the standard scale'.

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Mr Andrew LansleyDr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

63

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     14,     leave out from 'exceeding' to end of line 15 and insert 'level 1 on the standard scale'.

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Mr Andrew LansleyDr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

64

Clause     9,     page     6,     line     6,     leave out from 'exceeding' to end of line 7 and insert 'level 1 on the standard scale'.

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Caroline Flint

76

*Clause     10,     page     6,     line     15,     at end insert—

    '( )   In making regulations for the purposes of this Part, the appropriate national authoritity shall consult with organisations representing those enforcing this legislation.'.

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Caroline Flint

73

Clause     12,     page     7,     line     18,     after 'tent,' insert 'and (if not a ship within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21))'.

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NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO PART 1

Voluntary prohibition

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

       'The appropriate national authority may, by regulations, provide that prohibition of smoking under Part 1 should not come into effect in respect of classes of premises that have implemented a voluntary prohibition of smoking that has ensured that:—

(e)	where the premises is open to the public those who do not wish to be exposed to smoke are not so exposed;

(f)	smoking is not permitted in places to which children have access; and

(g)	smoking is not permitted in areas of premises to which only employees have access.'.

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Age of sale

   

Sir George Young

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

'The appropriate national authority may issue regulations modifying the Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 so as to substitute for the age specified in any of its provisions such other higher age or ages as they consider appropriate.'.

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Sale of tobacco

   

Jeff Ennis

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

'In section 7(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12), leave out 'sixteen' and insert 'eighteen'.'.

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Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

11

Clause     16,     page     14,     line     6,     after 'regulations', insert 'having consulted with representative bodies'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

10

Clause     16,     page     14,     line     7,     leave out 'or appoint'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

12

Clause     16,     page     14,     line     13,     after second 'is', insert '(a)'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

13

Clause     16,     page     14,     line     14,     at end insert—

'(b)	should not routinely be involved in the prescription or handling of controlled drugs;

(c)	be a senior member of staff; and

(d)	be in receipt of appropriate training.'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

14

Clause     16,     page     15,     line     46,     leave out subsection (10).

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Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

15

Clause     17,     page     16,     line     47,     at end insert—

'(f)	for measures to protect the confidentiality of patient records.'.

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Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

16

Clause     20,     page     19,     line     14,     at end insert—

'(e)	confidentiality in the transfer of data that is attributable to individual patients between cooperating bodies.'.

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Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

17

Clause     28,     page     24,     line     24,     leave out from 'time' to end of line 25.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

18

Clause     28,     page     24,     line     40,     after 'Ministers', insert ', having consulted with representative bodies,'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

19

Clause     28,     page     24,     line     41,     after 'pharmacist', insert 'having regard to—

(a)	the establishment of clear lines of accountability within the pharmacy;

(b)	provision for the responsible pharmacist to be contactable when absent;

(c)	the maximum time for the responsible pharmacist to return to the pharmacy; and

(d)	provision for the responsible pharmacist to justify any absence.'.

Prepared 6 Dec 2005