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Mr Simon Burns

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Schedule  2,  page  229,  line  6,  leave out ‘and 13’ and insert ‘to 14’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  32,  line  20,  after ‘grant’, insert ‘or loan’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  33,  leave out lines 12 to 14.

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  5,  leave out ‘each financial year, each’ and insert ‘each

relevant period, a’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  7,  leave out ‘year’ and insert ‘period’.

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘( )	In subsection (1), “relevant period”, in relation to a commissioning consortium,

means—

(a)	the period which —

(i)	begins on such day during the first financial year of the

consortium as the Board may direct, and

(ii)	ends at the end of that financial year, and

(b)	each subsequent financial year.’.

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(8A)

The commissioning consortium may revise the plan.

(8B)	If the consortium proposes to revise the plan so as to make changes which it

considers significant, subsections (3), (4)(a) and (5) apply in relation to the

revision of the plan as they apply in relation to its preparation.

(8C)	If the consortium revises the plan so as to make changes which it considers

significant, subsections (4)(b) and (6) to (8) apply in relation to the revised plan

as they apply in relation to the plan.

(8D)	If the consortium revises the plan in any other way the consortium must—

(a)	publish a document setting out the changes it has made to the plan, and

(b)	give a copy of the document to the Board and each relevant Health and

Wellbeing Board.

(8E)	The Board may publish guidance for commissioning consortia on the discharge

of their functions by virtue of subsections (8A) to (8D).

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(8F)	A commissioning consortium must have regard to any guidance published by the

Board under subsection (8E).’.

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  33,  leave out ‘established for an area which’ and insert

‘established by a local authority whose area’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  34,  leave out lines 35 to 37.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  39,  after ‘financial year’, insert ‘other than its first

financial year’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  35,  leave out lines 26 to 28.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  38,  line  24,  leave out from ‘if’ to end of line 25 and insert ‘its area

coincides with, or includes the whole or any part of, the area of the consortium’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  39,  line  11,  after ‘Chapter,’ insert ‘—

“financial year”, in relation to a commissioning consortium, includes the

period which begins on the day the consortium is established and ends on

the following 31 March;’.

New Clause

Public Health England

Emily Thornberry

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	After section 1C of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert—

“Public Health England

1D	Public Health England and its functions

(1)	There is a body to be known as Public Health England (“PHE”).

(2)	The PHE shall exercise such functions of the Secretary of State under this

Act as may be prescribed.

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(3)	The Secretary of State may make regulations in relation to PHE about—

(a)	its status;

(b)	its membership and its members;

(c)	its staff;

(d)	committees, procedures and exercise of functions;

(e)	provision of information;

(f)	accounts; and

(g)	its seal and evidence.

(4)	The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe health-related

functions of the Secretary of State (other than functions under the

National Health Service Act 2006) which are to be exercisable by Public

Health England.

(5)	In subsection (4), “health-related functions” means functions related

either directly or indirectly to the health of the public.’.

Order of the House [31 January 2011]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Health and Social Care Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 31 March 2011.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be completed in two

days.

5.	Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

second day.

6.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

7.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

8.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

Order of the Committee [8 February 2011]

That—

(1)	the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

8 February) meet—

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(a)	at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 8 February;

(b)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 10 February;

(c)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 15 February;

(d)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 17 February;

(e)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 1 March;

(f)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 3 March;

(g)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 8 March;

(h)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 10 March;

(i)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 15 March;

(j)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 17 March;

(k)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 22 March;

(l)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 24 March;

(m)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 29 March;

(n)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 31 March;

(2)	the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

      TABLE

	Date	Time	Witness
	Tuesday 8	Until no later than	National Health Service
	February	11.30 am
	Tuesday 8	Until no later than	The Health Foundation; The
	February	12.15 pm	Nuffield Trust; Professor Julian le
			Grand (Richard Titmuss, Professor
			of Social Policy, London School of
			Economics)
	Tuesday 8	Until no later than	Centre for Public Scrutiny; The
	February	1.00 pm	King’s Fund; British Medical
			Association
	Tuesday 8	Until no later than	NHS Alliance; National Association
	February	4.45 pm	of Primary Care; Royal College of
			General Practitioners
	Tuesday 8	Until no later than	Local Government Association
	February	5.30 pm
	Tuesday 8	Until no later than	NHS Confederation
	February	5.50 pm
	Tuesday 8	Until no later than	Unison; Unite; GMB
	February	6.30 pm
	Thursday 10	Until no later than	Independent Regulator of NHS
	February	10.00 am	Foundation Trusts (Monitor);
			Foundation Trust Network;
			Association of Chief Executives of
			Voluntary Organisations
	Thursday 10	Until no later than	National Institute for Health and
	February	10.25 am	Clinical Excellence; Department of
			Health
	Thursday 10	Until no later than	National Voices
	February	1.20 pm
	Thursday 10	Until no later than	MIND; Parkinson’s UK; Cancer
	February	2.25 pm	Research UK; Target Ovarian
			Cancer; Rethink
	Thursday 10	Until no later than	Care Quality Commission
	February	2.55 pm
	Thursday 10	Until no later than	Royal College of Physicians; Royal
	February	3.40 pm	College of Nursing; Royal College
			of Surgeons; RemedyUK
	Thursday 10	Until no later than	Department of Health
	February	4.30 pm

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(3)	proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 5; Schedule 1; Clauses 6 to 21; Schedule 2;

Clauses 22 to 43; Schedule 3; Clauses 44 and 45; Schedules 4 to 6; Clauses

46 to 50; Clauses 186 to 192; Clauses 166 and 167; Schedule 13; Clauses 168

to 183; Clause 185; Clause 51; Schedule 7; Clauses 52 to 92; Schedule 8;

Clauses 93 to 97; Schedule 9; Clauses 98 to 106; Schedule 10; Clauses 107

to 135; Schedule 11; Clauses 136 to 164; Schedule 12; Clause 165; Clause

184; Clauses 193 to 215; Schedule 14; Clauses 216; Schedule 15; Clauses

217 to 233; Schedule 16; Clauses 234 to 236; Schedule 17; Clauses 237 to

257; Schedule 18; Clauses 258 to 260; Schedule 19; Clauses 261 to 271;

Schedule 20; Clauses 272 to 274; Schedules 21 and 22; Clauses 275 to 281;

new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

(4)	the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 4.00 pm on Thursday 31 March.

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