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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 11 June 2009

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

Health Bill Committee 1-12, 13-14 and 15-16

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Health Bill [Lords]

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

104

 

Schedule  5,  page  53,  leave out lines 25 to 35

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

105

 

Schedule  5,  page  57,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(8A)  

A Local Commissioner may apply to the High Court in order that a judge may

 

issue any order in regard to evidence with the powers of compulsion available

 

to such judicial authority which would not otherwise be available to the Local

 

Commissioner’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

106

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Health care provided in accordance with this section constitutes a function of a

 

public nature for the purposes of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

107

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  16,  leave out ‘have regard to’ and insert ‘abide by’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

108

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(3)    

The Secretary of State may issue guidance on criteria to be used to judge the

 

delivery of the duty in subsection (1) above.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

109

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  15,  after ‘of’, insert ‘Statement of Accountability and’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

110

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  16,  leave out ‘continues’ and insert ‘and the Statement of

 

Accountability continue’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

111

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  19,  after ‘Handbook’, insert ‘and the Statement of

 

Accountability’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

112

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  21,  after ‘Handbook’, insert ‘and the Statement of

 

Accountability’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

113

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  20,  at end insert ‘and may address the impact of the

 

Handbook on National Health Services including—

 

(a)    

dentistry;

 

(b)    

audiology

 

(c)    

podiatry’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

114

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The review may assess the cost savings made as a result of the NHS

 

Constitution.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

115

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

In reviewing the Handbook and the Statement of Accountability the Secretary of

 

State must consult the bodies listed at section 3(3).’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

116

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  26,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(1A)    

The Secretary of State must report every year on the delivery of the pledges in the

 

NHS constitution.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

117

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  27,  after ‘report’, insert ‘(a) under section (1)’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

118

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(b)    

under section 2 must be published not later than 31 January 2010.’.

 

Report to parliament on impact of quality accounts

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State shall report to Parliament no later than 4 years after the

 

coming into force of Part 1 on the impact of quality accounts.

 

(2)    

The report shall examine the methods and technologies employed by trusts to

 

measure the quality of services and collect date for inclusion in their quality

 

accounts.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

119

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

as to the information technology that trusts will require to measure and

 

report on quality in the quality accounts;’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

120

 

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  41,  after ‘Authority’, insert ‘or a Local Involvement

 

Network’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

121

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

If a patient or member of the public notifies the provider of an error or omission

 

in a document published under that section, the Secretary of State must within 21

 

days make an amended document available to the public.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

122

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  34,  leave out ‘annulment’ and insert ‘approval’.


 
 

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

123

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to arrangements to be made where the patient exercises a direct

 

payment alongside a top-up.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

124

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the retention of savings made as a result of a direct payment by the

 

Primary Care Trust;

 

(m)    

as to the granting of money for direct payments to the Primary Care Trust

 

by the Secretary of State.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

125

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the commissioning of emergency, urgent and intensive care with a

 

direct payment.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

126

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the commissioning of palliative care with a direct payment.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

127

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the responsibilities of the patient as an employer.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

128

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the purchase of community services at tariff prices.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

129

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the use of direct payments by prisoners.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

130

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the use of direct payments to fund complementary therapies.’.


 
 

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

131

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the use of direct payments to purchase care in from another health

 

system—

 

(a)    

in the United Kingdom;

 

(b)    

in the European Union’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

132

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

the impact of direct payments on health inequalities.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

133

 

Clause  28,  page  30,  line  12,  after ‘period’, insert ‘and in consultation with the

 

professional and regulatory bodies for pharmacists.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

134

 

Clause  31,  page  31,  line  36,  after ‘period’, insert ‘and in consultation with the

 

professional and regulatory bodies for pharmacists in Wales’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

135

 

Clause  25,  page  28,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

as to differing assessment criteria for urban and rural needs.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

136

 

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

work done promoting innovation.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

137

 

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A prize may be paid in instalments relating to subsections (2)(a), (2)(b) and (2)(c)

 

above.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

138

 

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  13,  leave out ‘adult’.


 
 

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Health Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

139

 

Schedule  5,  page  65,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The Local Commissioner may, in the Part 3A annual report, assess the costs of

 

the complaints process borne by—

 

(a)    

the taxpayer; and

 

(b)    

the provider; and

 

(c)    

the service user.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

140

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘(zb)    

an order under section 12B’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

141

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  33,  leave out ‘(8) or (10)’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

142

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  34,  after ‘this’, insert ‘Part of this’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

143

 

Schedule  3,  page  47,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

In assessing whether there are or may be grounds to remove him from

 

office under paragraph (b) the Secretary of State may consult—

 

(i)    

the Care Quality Commission;

 

(ii)    

Strategic Health Authorities; and

 

(iii)    

the Audit Commission’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

144

 

Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  40,  leave out from ‘(10)’ to end of line 41 and insert ‘may

 

not be made unless a draft of the Instrument has been laid before and approved by a

 

resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

145

 

Clause  25,  page  28,  line  24,  after ‘assessment’, insert—

 

‘(e)    

provide for appeals to the Secretary of State or a body in relation to the

 

content of the statement made by PCTs.’.


 
 

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Health Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

147

 

Clause  26,  page  29,  line  5,  after ‘application’, insert ‘including a duty for Primary

 

Care Trusts to consult patients on the decision to grant the application’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

148

 

Clause  28,  page  30,  line  12,  after ‘period’, insert ‘and in consultation with the

 

professional and regulatory bodies for pharmacists’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

149

 

Clause  31,  page  31,  line  36,  after ‘period’, insert ‘and in consultation with the

 

professional and regulatory bodies for pharmacists in Wales’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

150

 

Clause  29,  page  31,  line  7,  leave out ‘prescribed circumstances’ and insert

 

‘accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of State’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

151

 

Clause  29,  page  31,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(2C)    

The regulations under this section must make provision—

 

(a)    

as to the circumstances under which a Primary Care Trust may provide

 

local pharmaceutical services.

 

(b)    

as to a duty placed on Primary Care Trusts to report any plan to provide

 

such services to the Secretary of State.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

152

 

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  38,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

153

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  at end insert ‘and Social Care Constitution’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

154

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

In this chapter “Social Care Constitution” means any document entitled “The

 

Social Care Constitution” published by the Secretary of State and approved by

 

each House of Parliament.’.


 
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