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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  17,  page  9,  line  7,  at end add—

‘(3A)

The Secretary of State shall report to Parliament in respect of those cases where—

(a)	regulations made under section 16 are breached, and

(b)	the Code of Practice under this section is breached.’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  18,  page  9,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(c)	lay the draft code before Parliament.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

22

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  45,  leave out from first ‘section’ to ‘consultation’ and insert

‘must be taken into account in any’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  20,  page  10,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘(c)	consult and have regard to the advice of the service user panel.’.

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Clause  20,  page  10,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(c)	lay the draft guidance before Parliament.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

24

Clause  21,  page  11,  line  17,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

25

Clause  25,  page  13,  line  33,  at end inse rt—

‘(5A)

The Commission shall notify Parliament of any notices served due to breaches in

regulations made under section 16(5).

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  25,  page  13,  line  42,  at end add—

‘(c)	any requirements to implement recommendations from the Health

Service Ombudsman, and

(d)	any requirements to implement recommendations from the Independent

Complaints Body.’.

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Clause  28,  page  15,  leave out lines 27 and 28.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  29,  page  15,  line  37,  leave out from ‘offence’ to end of line 38.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

200

Clause  29,  page  15,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(2)	A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—

(a)	on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000, or to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both;

(b)	on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 12 months, or both.

(3)	In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1)

of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), the reference in subsection (2)(a) to 12

months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  30,  page  16,  line  13,  leave out from ‘liable’ to end of line 14 and add—

‘(a)	on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000, or to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both;

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(b)	on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 12 months, or to both.

(5)	In relation to an offence committed before the the commencement of section

154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), the reference in subsection (4)(a)

to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  31,  page  16,  leave out lines 18 to 22 and insert—

‘(2)	Subject to subsections (3) to (5), those regulations may not provide for an offence

to be triable on indictment or to be punishable with imprisonment or with a fine

exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(3)	Subject to subsection (4), in the case of regulations under section 16, those

regulations may provide for an offence to be triable summarily only or either

summarily or on indictment and for an offence to be punishable with a fine or

imprisonment or both.

(4)	In case referred to in subsection (3), those regulations may not provide for an

offence to be punishable with—

(a)	imprisonment for a term exceeding 12 months, or

(b)	in the case of summary conviction, a fine exceeding £50,000.

(5)	In relation to summary conviction for an offence committed before the

commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) the

reference in subsection (4)(a) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to six

months.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  35,  page  17,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

to the relevant Local Involvement Network and cooperative group of

Local Involvement Networks,’.

Sandra Gidley

Greg Mulholland

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Clause  35,  page  17,  line  38,  at end insert—

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‘(ba)

to the relevant professional regulatory body’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

28

Page  19,  line  7,  leave out Clause 39.

Sandra Gidley

Greg Mulholland

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Clause  41,  page  20,  line  6,  leave out ‘NHS’ and insert ‘health and social’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

29

Clause  41,  page  20,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

statements of standards must be established within the remit of the NHS Core

Principles.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

30

Clause  42,  page  20,  line  27,  after first ‘of’ insert ‘the quality of’.

Sandra Gidley

Greg Mulholland

195

Clause  42,  page  20,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

conduct reviews of the making of arrangements for the provision of

healthcare by the Trust’.

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Clause  42 ,  page  20,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

conduct reviews of arrangements made under paragraph (a) above’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  42,  page  20,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(d)	in conducting reviews under subsection 1(a) the Commission shall

review and assess annually the Trust’s plan for improving health, as

prepared under section 24 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.

41).’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  42,  page  20,  line  32,  after first ‘of’ insert ‘the quality of’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  42,  page  20,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(d)	in conducting reviews under subsection 3(a) the Commission shall

review and assess annually the plan for improving health insofar as it

impacts upon the authority, in accordance with section 24(3) of the

National Health Service Act 2006.’.

Sandra Gidley

Greg Mulholland

137

Clause  42,  page  21,  line  1,  leave out subsections (4) to (8) and insert—

‘( )	The Secretary of State shall not create any indicators of quality additional

to those in the National Indicator Set.’.

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Clause  42,  page  21,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(7A)

In setting out the indicators under subsection (4) for assessing each English local

authority, the Secretary of State shall—

(a)	have regard to the National Indicator set, and

(b)	in such cases as the indicators impose a regulatory burden on local

authorities beyond the National Indicator Set, lay draft regulations before

Parliament.’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  42,  page  21,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(c)	all relevant statements submitted to the Secretary of State.’.

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Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  43,  page  21,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

In setting out the frequency with which reviews under section 42 are to be

conducted the Commission must identify through a Regulatory Impact

Assessment the reduction in the regulatory burden.

(1B)	The power of the Commission to increase the regulatory burden shall be set out

in regulations approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Anne Milton

Mr Andrew Lansley

Mark Simmonds

Mike Penning

Jeremy Wright

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Clause  44 ,  page  21,  line  33,  leave out from ‘Commission’ to ‘if’ in line 34 and

insert ‘has the function of conducting special reviews and investigations, and must

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