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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 10 March 2011

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Health and Social Care Bill Committee 213-263

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Health and Social Care Bill

 

Emily Thornberry

 

472

 

Clause  193,  page  164,  line  20,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and meets the international

 

definition of Social Work as follows—

 

  “The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in

 

human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to

 

enhance wellbeing. Utilising theories of human behaviour and social

 

systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with

 

their environments. Principles of human rights and social justice are

 

fundamental to social work.”’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

473

 

Clause  193,  page  164,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

After subsection 2ZA insert—

 

“(2ZAA)    

Social Work in England is that which through the exercise of its statutory

 

functions and/or the employment of its range of skills works to—

 

(a)    

promote social justice by helping people to achieve change in

 

their lives;

 

(b)    

meet the needs of people and enable their social inclusion and the

 

cohesion of society;

 

(c)    

protect those who may be at risk of abuse or harm from others;

 

(d)    

reduce the risk of people abusing or harming others;

 

(e)    

enhance self respect and respect for others within families,

 

groups and communities; and

 

(f)    

reduce conflict and distress in families, groups and communities.

 

(2ZAB)    

Social Work operates within a wide range of legislative frameworks and

 

with Government guidance and regulations.


 
 

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(2ZAC)    

Social Work puts individuals, families, groups and communities at the

 

forefront of its concern and works with all others to promote their health,

 

socio-economic wellbeing and empowerment.

 

(2ZAD)    

Social Work provides the necessary challenge to governments and

 

institutions through advocacy which is rooted in internationally

 

recognised ethical principles and undertaken alongside individuals,

 

families, groups and communities.”’.

 

Chief social worker

 

Emily Thornberry

 

NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘There will be a Chief Social Worker—

 

(a)    

to report to and advise Ministers,

 

(b)    

to make an annual report to Parliament on the state of social work in

 

England,

 

(c)    

to work in close co-operation with the College of Social Work, the Social

 

Work and Health Professions Council, the Professional Standards

 

Authority for Health and Social Care, the National Institute for Health

 

and Care Excellence, inspectors and employers.’.

 

College of social work

 

Emily Thornberry

 

NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

There will be statutory guidance and regulation to ensure that Government and

 

Local Government, the Chief Social Worker, the Social Work and Health

 

Professions Council, inspectors and employers consult with and respond to the

 

advice offered by the College of Social Work.

 

(2)    

The statutory entitlements of the College of Social Work will be dependent on its

 

ability to demonstrate every four years that it has 51 per cent. of registered social

 

workers in membership; if it fails to do so its statutory role will be suspended for

 

12 months and thereafter indefinitely until this can be rectified.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

474

 

Clause  69,  page  73,  line  21,  leave out from first ‘the’ to end of line 21 and insert

 

‘non-designation of the service for the purposes of this Part.

 

(1A)    

In the absence of an application under subsection (1) it is assumed that all health

 

services are designated.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

475

 

Clause  69,  page  73,  line  24,  after second ‘is,’ insert ‘not’.


 
 

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Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

476

 

Clause  69,  page  73,  leave out line 23.

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

477

 

Clause  69,  page  73,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

increase or fail to decrease inequalities between the people of England

 

with respect to their—

 

(i)    

health needs,

 

(ii)    

health outcomes, or

 

(iii)    

access to health services.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

478

 

Clause  69,  page  73,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

the potential impact on other services in the organisation or region’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

479

 

Clause  52,  page  62,  leave out lines 34 and 35.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

480

 

Clause  52,  page  63,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Monitor must, in exercising its functions, involve and engage patients and the

 

public.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

481

 

Clause  54,  page  63,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(ca)    

the need for enhancing collaboration and integration between health and

 

social care services,

 

(cb)    

the impact that its actions affecting one service could have on related

 

services and the local health economy as a whole,’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

482

 

Clause  57,  page  66,  line  21,  leave out subsection (2).


 
 

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Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

483

 

Schedule  7,  page  276,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

a patient representative appointed by Healthwatch England.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

484

 

Schedule  7,  page  276,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The management board of Monitor must meet in public.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

485

 

Schedule  7,  page  280,  leave out lines 19 to 23.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

486

 

Schedule  7,  page  280,  leave out lines 34 and 35.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

487

 

Schedule  7,  page  281,  leave out lines 1 to 6.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

488

 

Schedule  7,  page  279,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘Annual meeting of members

 

8A  (1)  

Monitor must hold an annual meeting of its members.

 

      (2)  

The meeting must be open to members of the public.

 

      (3)  

At least one member of the management board must attend the meeting and

 

present the following documents to the members at the meeting—

 

(a)    

the annual accounts,

 

(b)    

any report of the auditor on them, and

 

(c)    

the annual report.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

489

 

Clause  62,  page  68,  line  40,  leave out subsection (2).


 
 

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Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

490

 

Clause  62,  page  69,  line  3,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

491

 

Clause  63,  page  69,  leave out lines 43 and 44.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

492

 

Clause  63,  page  70,  leave out line 3.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

493

 

Clause  64,  page  70,  leave out from line 23 to line 15 on page 71.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

494

 

Schedule  4,  page  238,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

    ‘( )  

In subsection (2A), in paragraph (b) for “paragraphs (a) to (h)” substitute

 

“paragraphs (za) to (h)”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

495

 

Clause  59,  page  67,  line  24,  at end insert ‘and that the failure is significant’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

496

 

Clause  59,  page  67,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

But the Secretary of State may not give a direction under subsection (2) in relation

 

to the performance of functions in a particular case.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

497

 

Clause  59,  page  67,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Where the Secretary of State exercises a power under subsection (2) or (3), the

 

Secretary of State must publish the reasons for doing so.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

498

 

Clause  63,  page  69,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

do not act in a manner that would (or would be likely to) prevent, restrict

 

or distort competition in the provision of health care services for those

 

purposes.’.


 
 

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Simon Burns

 

499

 

Clause  63,  page  69,  line  43,  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

500

 

Clause  64,  page  70,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

a power to investigate on its own initiative whether the National Health

 

Service Commissioning Board or a commissioning consortium has failed

 

to comply with a requirement imposed by virtue of section 63(1)(ba);’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

501

 

Clause  64,  page  70,  line  16,  after ‘(a)’ insert ‘or (aa)’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

502

 

Clause  64,  page  70,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

503

 

Clause  64,  page  70,  line  29,  leave out ‘powers conferred by virtue of subsection (3)

 

are’ and insert ‘power conferred by virtue of subsection (3) is’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

504

 

Clause  69,  page  74,  line  1,  leave out ‘must grant an application under this section’

 

and insert ‘may grant an application under this section only’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

505

 

Clause  69,  page  74,  line  6,  leave out from beginning to ‘to’ in line 7 and insert

 

‘Monitor must give notice of its decision on an application under this section’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

506

 

Clause  69,  page  74,  line  10,  at beginning insert ‘Where Monitor grants the

 

application,’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

507

 

Clause  69,  page  74,  line  11,  leave out ‘right of appeal conferred by section 70’ and

 

insert ‘rights conferred by section (Complaint about grant of application for

 

designation)’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

508

 

Clause  69,  page  74,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Where Monitor refuses the application, a notice under subsection (7) given to the

 

commissioner or the provider of the service must—

 

(a)    

give the reasons for the refusal, and

 

(b)    

explain the rights conferred by section (Complaint about refusal of

 

application for designation).’.


 
 

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Mr Simon Burns

 

509

 

Page  74,  line  42,  leave out Clause 70.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

510

 

Clause  71,  page  75,  line  10,  leave out ‘the relevant’ and insert ‘each review’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

511

 

Clause  71,  page  75,  line  14,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

The first review period is a period which is of such duration as Monitor may by

 

direction specify but which—

 

(a)    

must not begin before the expiry of the period of one year after the date

 

of the notice under section 69(7), and

 

(b)    

must end before the expiry of the period of ten years after that date.

 

(2A)    

Each subsequent review period is a period which is of such duration as Monitor

 

may by direction specify but which—

 

(a)    

must not begin before the expiry of the period of one year after the date

 

on which the previous review under subsection (1) was completed, and

 

(b)    

must end before the expiry of the period of ten years after that date.

 

(2B)    

For the purposes of subsections (2) and (2A), Monitor may specify—

 

(a)    

the same period in respect of all designated services, or

 

(b)    

different periods in respect of different designated services or designated

 

services of different descriptions.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

512

 

Clause  71,  page  75,  line  35,  leave out ‘must grant an application under subsection

 

(3)’ and insert ‘may grant an application under subsection (3) only’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

513

 

Clause  71,  page  75,  line  40,  leave out from beginning to ‘to’ in line 41 and insert

 

‘Monitor must give notice of its decision on an application under subsection (3)’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

514

 

Clause  71,  page  75,  line  43,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Where Monitor grants the application, a notice under subsection (7) given to a

 

provider of a service for the purposes of the NHS must explain the rights

 

conferred by section (Complaint about grant of application for removal of

 

designation).

 

( )    

Where Monitor refuses the application, the notice under subsection (7) given to

 

the commissioner must—

 

(a)    

give the reasons for the refusal, and

 

(b)    

explain the rights conferred by section (Complaint about refusal of

 

application for removal of designation).’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

515

 

Clause  71,  page  76,  line  1,  leave out subsections (8) to (10).


 
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