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Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008                

296

 

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

136

 

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.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

93

 

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.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

32

 

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

 

‘(c)    

all relevant statements submitted to the Secretary of State.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008                

297

 

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

33

 

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

 

259

 

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

 

conduct a specific review or investigation’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

196

 

Clause  44,  page  21,  leave out lines 37 to 39 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

all providers of health and adult social care

 

(b)    

all commissioners of health and adult social care.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

262

 

Clause  44 ,  page  21,  line  37,  leave out ‘NHS’ and insert ‘health’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

263

 

Clause  44 ,  page  21,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

the making of arrangements by a Primary Care Trust for the provision of

 

health care.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008                

298

 

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

34

 

Clause  44,  page  22,  line  9,  at end insert ‘which shall only be laid before the

 

Secretary of State at such time as it is made public.’.

 


 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

129

 

Clause  45,  page  22,  line  27,  at end insert ‘including cosmetic surgery and

 

treatments.’.

 


 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

78

 

Clause  46,  page  23,  line  27,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

In considering whether the function referred to in subsection (2) is being

 

discharged to an acceptable standard the Commission shall have particular regard

 

to its duty under section 2(3)(d) of this Act.’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

166

 

Clause  48,  page  24,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(j)    

Section 121(5) (visiting and inspection of records),

 

(k)    

Section 121 (7) (review decision to withhold post),

 

(l)    

Section 121 (8) (review decision to withhold any part of post).’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008                

299

 

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

35

 

Clause  50,  page  25,  line  21,  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

36

 

Clause  50,  page  25,  line  36,  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

37

 

Clause  50,  page  25,  line  43,  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

38

 

Clause  51,  page  26,  line  2,  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

39

 

Clause  56,  page  27,  line  35,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(aa)    

the provision of independent healthcare,’.

 


 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

239

 

Clause  57,  page  28,  line  23,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

264

 

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Clause  57,  page  28,  line  26,  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

An inspection for the purposes of the Commission’s functions under Chapter 2

 

will be triggered by—

 

(a)    

a change of ownership,

 

(b)    

a change of registered manager,

 

(c)    

the occurrence of an adult protection investigation,

 

(d)    

a turnover of staff deemed higher than the average by reference to the

 

Skills for Care National Minimum Dataset,

 

(e)    

a recommendation or referral from the Local Government Ombudsman

 

or the Health Ombudsman in response to complaints about a health or

 

social care provider.’.

 


 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

265

 

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Schedule  4,  page  117,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

the Local Government Ombudsman and the Health Ombudsman.’.

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

266

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Schedule  4,  page  119,  line  44,  after ‘co-operate’, insert ‘and develop protocols in

 

order to share information’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

271

 

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Page  117,  line  2,  leave out Schedule 4.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008                

301

 

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

40

 

Clause  67,  page  32,  line  31,  leave out ‘paid for out of public funds’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

41

 

Clause  67,  page  32,  line  33,  leave out ‘paid for out of public funds’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

42

 

Clause  69,  page  33,  line  27,  leave out subsection (6).

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

43

 

Clause  69,  page  33,  line  28,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

In such cases as the inquiry is held in private under subsections (2) or (3), the

 

Secretary of State shall make a statement to Parliament.

 

(8)    

In such cases as the Secretary of State deems publication inappropriate under

 

subsection (5), he shall make a statement to Parliament.’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

44

 

Clause  75,  page  37,  line  6,  at end add—


 
 

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‘(5)    

Subsection (2) does not confer on the Secretary of State the power to prevent the

 

Commission conducting reviews.’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

45

 

Clause  77,  page  37,  line  32,  after ‘must’, insert ‘simultaneously’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

46

 

Clause  79,  page  38,  line  33,  leave out ‘specified factors’ and insert ‘factors

 

specified by regulations’.

 


 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

269

 

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Clause  81,  page  39,  line  36,  after first ‘the’, insert ‘factors the Commission is to

 

take into account when determining the’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

270

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  81,  page  40,  line  17,  leave out subsection (2)(a) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

may make provision for the amount of a penalty payable under a penalty

 

notice to differ according to—

 

(i)    

the factors the Commission is to take into account when

 

determining the amount of the penalty, and

 

(ii)    

the time by which the penalty is paid’.

 


 

Mr Ben Bradshaw

 

248

 

Schedule  5,  page  122,  line  38,  leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert—


 
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