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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 13th December 2005

STANDING COMMITTEE E


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

HEALTH BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [6th December].

   

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 second 'vehicle', insert 'used for the transport of the public.'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

78

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     37,     after second 'vehicle', insert 'used for the carriage of children, the public and for persons in the course of their employment'.

   

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.'.


   

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'.


   

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'.


   

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'.


   

Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

76

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

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


   

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))'.


NEW CLAUSES 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.'.


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.'.


Sale of tobacco

   

Jeff Ennis
Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

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'.'.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

104

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     7,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

105

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     11,     after 'bodies', insert 'within the United Kingdom and abroad'.

   

Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

98

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     15,     at end insert 'and

      (c) non-NHS providers of health care'.

   

Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

114

*Clause     13,     page     8,     line     15,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   The code must establish procedures for the systematic recording and reporting of all incidences of hospital-acquired infections.'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

106

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     21,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

107

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     21,     at end insert—

      '(za) require a person—

      (i) in each NHS trust to be nominated as the Trust Director responsible for cleanliness; and

      (ii) in each NHS Trust responsible for any hospital to be nominated as the Trust Director for cleanliness and hospital acquired infection control;'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

108

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     30,     at end insert—

      '(c) require healthcare contracts relating to NHS patients to contain—

      (i) minimum cleanliness standards;

      (ii) penalties for failure; and

      (iii) provision for the assessment of compliance.'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

109

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '(4A)   The code will—

      (a) require that a person nominated in accordance with subsection (4) (za), on the advice of the senior infection control nurse to close a ward or department for cleaning, make an immediate report to the trust board; and

      (b) require that a trust board in receipt of such a report effects the closure of the ward or department for cleaning as soon as patient safety permits.'.

   

Steve Webb
Stephen Williams

99

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     36,     at end insert—

    '(5A)   The code shall require the mandatory reporting of all occurrences of MRSA,'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Crispin Blunt

110

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     36,     at end insert—

    '(5A)   The code shall in respect of acute NHS hospital trusts—

      (a) require pre and post discharge surveillance for a person undergoing surgical procedure,

      (b) contain—

      (i) infection control nurse requirements; and

      (ii) requirements for isolation facilities,

      (c) provide for the senior infection control nurse to report directly to the person nominated in accordance with subsection (4) (2a),

      (d) require the availability of 24 hour cleaning services to a defined standard,

      (e) require standards that are model cleaning contract compliant, and

      (f) set minimum standards for the cleaning of bed spaces following the discharge of patients.'.

 
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