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Report Stage Proceedings: 18th February 2008            

165

 

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

publication appropriate’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  66

 

Page  41,  line  30  [Clause  84],  leave out from ‘8(5)’ to end of line 31 and insert

 

‘(variation, removal or imposition of condition in relation to registration as a service

 

provider),’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  67

 

Page  41,  line  32  [Clause  84],  leave out from ‘11(5)’ to end of line 33 and insert

 

‘(variation, removal or imposition of condition in relation to registration as a manager),’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Not selected  129

 

Page  45,  line  47  [Clause  92],  at end insert—

 

‘“Health Service Commissioner” has the meaning given to it by section 1 of

 

the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c.46);’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Not called  136

 

Page  45,  line  47  [Clause  92],  at end insert—

 

‘“Local Involvement Network” has the meaning given to it by section 222

 

of the  Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

 

(c.28);’.

 


 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  7

 

Page  46,  line  12  [Clause  92],  at end insert—

 

‘“rights” includes human rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42).’.


 
 

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not selected  101

 

Page  46,  line  33  [Clause  93],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The OHPA is to be operationally independent of the Secretary of State.’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  23

 

Page  47,  line  6  [Clause  95],  leave out from first ‘the’ to end of line 7 and insert ‘list

 

of persons eligible to serve as chairs provided for by section 96(1)(aa),’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  85

 

Page  47,  line  6  [Clause  95],  leave out from first ‘the’ to end of line 7 and insert

 

‘legally qualified members list’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  82

 

Page  47,  line  7  [Clause  95],  at end insert ‘or the legally qualified members list’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  24

 

Page  47,  line  8  [Clause  95],  leave out ‘lay members list’ and insert ‘list of persons

 

eligible to serve as lay members provided for by section 96(1)(a) (the “lay members

 

list”)’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  25

 

Page  47,  line  9  [Clause  95],  leave out ‘professionally qualified members list’ and

 

insert ‘list of persons eligible to serve as professionally qualified members provided for

 

by section 96(1)(b) (the “professionally qualified members list”)’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  26

 

Page  47,  line  14  [Clause  95],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Rules under subsection (3) may in particular make provision requiring the

 

selection in specified circumstances of a chair who is legally qualified for the


 
 

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purposes of section 96(1A)(a), and may provide for pilot schemes under which

 

chairs who are legally qualified for those purposes are, or are not, selected for

 

such proceedings as may be determined in accordance with the rules.’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  27

 

Page  47  [Clause  95],  leave out lines 16 to 20.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  83

 

Page  47,  line  17  [Clause  95],  at end insert—

 

‘“legally qualified members list” means the list of persons eligible to serve

 

as legally qualified members provided for by section 96(1)(c).’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  87

 

Page  47,  line  17  [Clause  95],  at end insert—

 

‘“legally qualified” means—

 

(c)    

a person with a 10-year general qualification within the meaning

 

of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41),

 

(d)    

an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years’ standing,

 

or

 

(e)    

a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland, or a solicitor of the

 

Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland, of at least 10 years’

 

standing.’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  28

 

Page  47,  line  24  [Clause  96],  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

persons eligible to serve as chairs,’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  29

 

Page  47,  line  26  [Clause  96],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The list of persons eligible to serve as chairs is to consist of—

 

(a)    

persons who are legally qualified,

 

(b)    

persons who are also included on the list of persons eligible to serve as

 

lay members, and

 

(c)    

persons who are also included on the list of persons eligible to serve as

 

professionally qualified members.’.


 
 

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  84

 

Page  47,  line  26  [Clause  96],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

persons eligible to serve as legally qualified members.’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  30

 

Page  47,  line  33  [Clause  96],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Rules made by virtue of subsection (3) must make provision about—

 

(a)    

the qualifications which a person must have in order to be “legally

 

qualified” for the purposes of subsection (1A)(a), and

 

(b)    

the experience which a person must have and the training which a person

 

must have undertaken in order to be eligible for appointment to the list of

 

persons eligible to serve as chairs by virtue of subsection (1A)(b) or (c).’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  75

 

Page  47,  line  37  [Clause  96],  at end insert—

 

‘(b)    

“legally qualified” means—

 

(i)    

a person with a 10-year general qualification within the meaning

 

of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41),

 

(ii)    

an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years’ standing,

 

or

 

(iii)    

a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland, or a solicitor of the

 

Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland, of at least 10 years’

 

standing.’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  31

 

Page  47,  line  39  [Clause  97],  after ‘OHPA’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  32

 

Page  47,  line  40  [Clause  97],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(b)    

may pay to any person whom it proposes to include on a list such

 

allowances and expenses as it may determine in connection with the

 

provision of training for the person by virtue of subsection (2)(b).’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  33

 

Page  47,  line  41  [Clause  97],  after ‘OHPA’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th February 2008            

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  34

 

Page  47,  line  42  [Clause  97],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(b)    

may provide, or arrange for the provision of, such training for persons

 

whom it proposes to include on a list as it may determine.’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  35

 

Page  48,  line  5  [Clause  97],  leave out ‘either’ and insert ‘any’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  36

 

Page  48,  line  21  [Clause  98],  after ‘make’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  37

 

Page  48,  line  22  [Clause  98],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(b)    

provision for a fitness to practise panel not to be advised by a legal

 

assessor if the chair of the panel is legally qualified for the purposes of

 

section 96(1A)(a).’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Not called  132

 

Page  51,  line  8  [Clause  103],  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

Local Involvement Networks,’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Not called  133

 

Page  51,  line  9  [Clause  103],  before ‘bodies’, insert ‘other’.

 



 
 

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Withdrawn  81

 

Page  53,  line  3  [Clause  105],  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

Neither the creation of the regulations under this section nor the payment of any

 

fees under those regulations shall affect the charitable status of a regulatory

 

body.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  89

 

Page  53,  line  26  [Clause  107],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Any proceedings to which subsection (1) applies must have a legally qualified

 

chair.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  90

 

Page  53,  line  26  [Clause  107],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Any proceedings to which subsection (1) applies must have a legally qualified

 

chair or a legal assessor.’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

 

Not called  2

 

Page  53,  line  39  [Clause  108],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

In section 25 of the 2002 Act, in subsection (2), after paragraph (d) insert—

 

(e)    

to promote the provision of independent advice to members of the public

 

in respect of the reporting of concerns to any of the bodies listed in

 

subsection (3).’.

 


 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  14

 

Page  54,  line  3  [Clause  108],  after ‘safety’, insert ‘rights’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th February 2008            

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  38

 

Page  55,  line  12  [Clause  110],  leave out ‘taking action under section 29’ and insert

 

‘where section 29 applies, taking action under that section’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  39

 

Page  55,  line  16  [Clause  110],  after ‘recommendations’, insert ‘to the regulatory

 

body’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Not called  134

 

Page  56,  line  16  [Clause  112],  after ‘public’, insert—

 

‘(aa)    

Local Involvement Networks,’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Not called  135

 

Page  56,  line  17  [Clause  112],  before ‘bodies’, insert ‘other’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not selected  91

 

Page  58,  line  13  [Clause  114],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The responsible officer may not also be a medical director.’.

 



 
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