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House of Commons

Thursday 25 June 2009

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Health Bill [Lords]

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

Committee [16 June 2009].

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

69

Schedule  5,  page  55,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(4)	Where the Local Commissioner chooses not to disapply, he must write to the

complainant giving reasons for his decision.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

53

Schedule  5,  page  56,  line  8,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

70

Schedule  5,  page  56,  leave out line 14 and insert—

‘(2)	The Local Commissioner may choose to conduct an investigation under this

part in private.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

71

Schedule  5,  page  56,  line  30,  at end insert—

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‘FA	Complaints: Emergency Action

(1)	If, on receiving a complaint under section 34D, the Local Commissioner has

immediate and urgent concerns, he may inform—

(a)	the Care Quality Commission,

(b)	the local authority,

(c)	the Police,

(d)	the Secretary of State.

(2)	The Secretary of State may issue guidelines on circumstances of “immediate and

urgent concern”. These may include—

(a)	all forms of abuse,

(b)	malnutrition,

(c)	infection.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

54

Schedule  5,  page  56,  line  35,  leave out ‘adult’.

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

72

Schedule  5,  page  58,  line  3,  after ‘provider’, insert ‘or any other person’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

73

Schedule  5,  page  58,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

“any other person” under section 34H(4) may include—

(a)	the Care Quality Commission,

(b)	the local authority,

(c)	the Secretary of State,

(d)	the Department of Health’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

75

Schedule  5,  page  58,  line  24,  at end insert ‘and

(c)	the Member of Parliament in whose constituency any person concerned

under section 34H(6) lives or works.’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

55

Schedule  5,  page  58,  line  25,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

76

Schedule  5,  page  58,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(8A)

In the case of section 34H(8)(b) applying, the Local Commissioner must submit

his reasons, in writing, to the Secretary of State.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

56

Schedule  5,  page  58,  line  44,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

74

Schedule  5,  page  58,  line  47,  after ‘provider’, insert ‘or any other person’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

57

Schedule  5,  page  59,  line  9,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

58

Schedule  5,  page  59,  line  18,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

59

Schedule  5,  page  59,  line  28,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

60

Schedule  5,  page  59,  line  42,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

77

Schedule  5,  page  59,  line  46,  leave out ‘month’ and insert ‘week’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

61

Schedule  5,  page  59,  line  47,  leave out ‘adult’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

78

Schedule  5,  page  61,  line  12,  leave out ‘month’s’ and insert ‘week’s’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

79

Schedule  5,  page  62,  line  21,  at end insert ‘or

(e)	the Care Quality Commission’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

80

Schedule  5,  page  63,  line  23,  leave out ‘obtain the consent of’ and insert ‘inform’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

81

Schedule  5,  page  63,  line  24,  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

82

Schedule  5,  page  64,  line  42,  at end insert ‘and the content of the complaints it has

processed since the last review was made under this subsection.’.

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

83

Schedule  5,  page  67,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘12A	In Schedule 4 (the Commission), in paragraph 6, after sub-paragraph (3)

insert—

“(3A)

Where the Secretary of State is, by primary legislation, intending to

add to the functions of the Local Commissions, he shall report to

Parliament the impact this will have on future determinations.”’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

152

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

Mr Mike O’Brien

199

Page  32,  line  35,  leave out Clause 34.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes Clause 34, which was inserted in the House of Lords. Clause 34 enables

the Secretary of State to prescribe exceptions to the rule that the proportion of income of NHS foun­

dation trusts which were NHS trusts derived from private charges must remain within a defined

limit.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

84

Clause  35,  page  33,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs must publish a list of disclosures of

information under subsection (2) to the persons listed in subsection (3), paragraph

(e) which must specify—

(a)	the person or persons to whom the information was disclosed; and

(b)	the reason for the disclosure.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

85

Clause  35,  page  33,  line  22,  leave out ‘a’ and insert ‘an anonymised’.

Mike Penning

Mr Stephen O’Brien

161

Clause  35,  page  33,  line  23,  after ‘enable’ insert ‘any’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

86

Clause  35,  page  33,  line  24,  after ‘person’, insert ‘or practice’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

195

Clause  35,  page  33,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

A person who discloses information in subsection (1) to persons other than those

listed at section (3) or for purposes other than in subsection (2), commits an

offence.

(4B)	An offence under subsection (4A) may in particular extend to—

(a)	Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

(b)	any person listed under subsection (2);

(c)	any employee of any person listed under subsection (2).

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(4C)	A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction

to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding

level 4 on the standard scale.

(4D)	A person or persons to whom the information is disclosed in circumstances under

subsection (4A) has a cause of action for damages, including penalty damages,

against the discloser.’.

Mr Mike O’Brien

194

Clause  40,  page  36,  leave out lines 30 to 33.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment leaves out the common-form provision inserted by the House of Lords at Third

Reading to avoid infringing the financial privileges of the House of Commons.

New ClauseS

Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children

Mike Penning

Mr Stephen O’Brien

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘After section 7(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12) (sale of

tobacco, etc, to persons under (eighteen)) insert—

“(2A)

A person commits an offence if he buys or attempts to buy tobacco on

behalf of an individual aged under 18.

(2B)	Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2A), it is a

defence that he had taken all reasonable steps to establish the individual’s

age, or that from the individual’s appearance nobody could have

reasonably suspected that the individual was aged under 18.

(2C)	A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary

conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”’.

Report to parliament on impact of quality accounts

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

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‘(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 data for inclusion in their quality

accounts.’.

Duty to have regard to the Social Care Constitution

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘Any person providing social care under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.

14) must have regard to the Social Care Constitution.’.

Availability and review of the Social Care Constitution

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State must ensure that the Social Care Constitution continues to

be available to service users, staff and members of the public.

(2)	At least once in any period of 10 years the Secretary of State must carry out a

review of the Social Care Constitution (referred to in this Chapter as a “10 year

review”).

(3)	The following must be consulted about the Social Care Constitution on a 10 year

review—

(a)	service users and bodies or other persons representing service users,

(b)	staff and bodies or other persons representing staff of service providers,

(c)

carers,

(d)	local authorities,

(e)	members of the public, and

(f)	such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(4)	The first 10 year review must be completed not later than 5 July 2018.

(5)	In this Chapter—

“carers” has the meaning it has in section 5(4) of the Health and Social Care

Act 2008 (c. 14);

“service users” has the meaning it has in section 5(4) of the Health and

Social Care Act 2008(c. 14);

“service providers” has the meaning it has in the Health and Social Care Act

2008 (c. 14);

“staff” means—

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Revised 25 June 2009