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House of Commons

Thursday 22nd February 2007

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

[TENTH AND ELEVENTH Sittings]

Clauses 58 to 76 Agreed to.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  63

Clause  77,  page  52,  line  6,  at end insert ‘or’.

Mr Phil Woolas

Agreed to  132

Clause  77,  page  52,  line  7,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)
a county council in England for an area for which there are no district

councils, or’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  64

Clause  77,  page  52,  line  8,  leave out from ‘districts’ to end of line 9.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Mr Phil Woolas

Agreed to  133

Clause  78,  page  52,  line  20,  leave out from ‘council’ to ‘county’ in line 21 and

insert ‘in England, other than a council for a district in a county for which there is a’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Withdrawn  49

Clause  79,  page  53,  leave out line 4 and insert—

‘(i)
an NHS Trust or a Foundation Trust either commissioning or

providing services to residents of some or all of the area;’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  88

Clause  79,  page  53,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘( )
any individuals or groups of individuals or body, including any NHS

organisation, providing general medical services’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  65

Clause  79,  page  53,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(m)
NHS Foundation Trusts and Health Trusts;

(n)
the Mayor of London;

(o)
Transport for London.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  117

Clause  79,  page  53,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(m)
the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government;

(n)
the Secretary of State for Education and Skills;

(o)
the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry;

(p)
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;

(q)
the Secretary of State for the Home Department;

(r)
registered social landlords;

(s)
public utilities;

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(t)
the Royal Mail’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  136

Clause  79,  page  53,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(m)
Regional Offender Managers,

(n)
Probation Trusts and providers of probation services,

(o)
Network Rail,

(p)
the Housing Corporation and English Partnerships,

(q)
the Forestry Commission,

(r)
the National Forest Company,

(s)
Regional Lottery Boards.’.

Andrew Gwynne

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

Alison Seabeck

Not selected  168

Clause  79,  page  53,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(m)
sports trusts;

(n)
registered social landlords.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 80 Agreed to.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not moved  137

Clause  81,  page  54,  line  30,  leave out from beginning to ‘must’ and insert ‘A

responsible local authority, in negotiation with the Secretary of State,’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  126

Clause  81,  page  54,  line  40,  after ‘authority’, insert—

‘( )
other non-statutory partners to the Local Area Agreement’.

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Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  89

Clause  81,  page  55,  line  3,  after ‘being’, insert—

‘( )
the interests of the commissioners of general medical services;

( )
any guidance issued by the Director of Public Health;

( )
any guidance issued by the Chief Medical Officer;’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  67

Clause  81,  page  55,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(iii)
the comprehensive area assessment which shall be phased in to coincide

with the commencement date for Chapter 1 of this Act’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  90

Clause  81,  page  55,  line  11,  after ‘authorities)’, insert ‘the Director of Public

Health, the Chief Medical Officer’.

Clause Agreed to.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not moved  138

Clause  82,  page  55,  line  20,  leave out ‘modify’ and insert ‘reconsider’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 83 Agreed to.

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Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  109

Clause  84,  page  56,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘( )
The number of targets designated under subsections (1) and (2) shall not exceed

35 at any one time.’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  110

Clause  84,  page  56,  line  4,  at end add—

‘( )
For the purposes of this Act “designated target” means a national target for

economic, social or environmental improvement such as the Secretary of State

may by regulation define.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  72

Clause  85,  page  56,  line  27,  leave out from ‘(6)’ to end of line 28.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not moved  73

Clause  85,  page  56,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(7)
The responsible local authority may, with the consent of each person to whom the

target in question is to relate, change, remove or revise a local improvement

target.’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  76

Clause  86,  page  56,  line  42,  leave out paragraph (c).

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  78

Clause  86,  page  57,  line  5,  leave out paragraph (b).

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  127

Clause  86,  page  57,  line  9,  after ‘authority’, insert—

‘( )
other non-statutory partners to the Local Area Agreement’.

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

Andrew Gwynne

Withdrawn  116

Clause  86,  page  57,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(iii)
Members of Parliament for the area.’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  80

Clause  86,  page  57,  line  12,  leave out ‘or additional local improvement targets’.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  82

Clause  86,  page  57,  line  20,  leave out ‘or additional local improvement targets’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Clauses 87 and 88 Agreed to.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not moved  128

Clause  89,  page  58,  line  34,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘Local Area Agreement

partner’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 90 and 91 Agreed to.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  139

Clause  92,  page  60,  leave out lines 43 to 45.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 93 Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Withdrawn  118

Clause  94,  page  61,  line  20,  after ‘to’, insert ‘the written or oral’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  119

Clause  94,  page  61,  line  20,  after ‘authorities’, insert ‘, or those contracted to

them,’.