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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 1 March 2011            

18

 

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Schedule Agreed to.

 


 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Not called  62

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  3,  leave out ‘commissioning consortia’ and insert ‘primary

 

care trusts’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Not called  63

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  4,  leave out ‘commissioning consortia’ and insert ‘primary

 

care trusts’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Not called  64

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  5,  leave out ‘commissioning consortia’ and insert ‘primary

 

care trusts’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Not called  65

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  7,  leave out ‘commissioning consortium’ and insert ‘primary

 

care trust’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Withdrawn  66

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  9,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

In exercising functions in relation to the health service, the commissioning

 

consortia must have regard to the need to reduce inequalities between the people

 

of England with respect to the benefits that they can obtain from the health

 

service.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Not selected  61

 

Page  4,  line  1,  leave out Clause 6.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 1 March 2011            

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Emily Thornberry

 

Negatived on division  20

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  15,  leave out from ‘take’ to ‘for’ in line 16 and insert

 

‘appropriate steps’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Emily Thornberry

 

Negatived on division  24

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  5,  leave out ‘such steps it considers appropriate’ and insert

 

‘appropriate steps’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  7,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  7,  leave out ‘may take such steps as the Secretary of State

 

considers appropriate’ and replace with ‘must take appropriate steps’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Not called  23

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  9,  at end add ‘where the Secretary of State, after consulting

 

with local authorities, is satisfied that such steps are more appropriate at national rather

 

than local level.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Withdrawn  67

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The Secretary of State must identify funding to be passed to local authorities for

 

the purposes of taking steps under subsection (1).

 

(2B)    

Such funding passed to local authorities may only be spent on activities consistent

 

with subsection (1).’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Liz Kendall

 

Withdrawn  129

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(ca)    

providing services or facilities designed to promote early diagnosis of

 

cancer;’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Liz Kendall

 

Not called  130

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  leave out lines 17 and 18.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 1 March 2011            

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Liz Kendall

 

Not called  131

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  20,  after ‘their’, insert ‘employment,’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Not called  29

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

supporting research into the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of

 

illness.’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Withdrawn  27

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Where these functions are exercised by a county council, the county council shall

 

consult any relevant district councils in its area about how best to exercise its

 

functions under this part of the Act.’.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Not called  28

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  31,  leave out from ‘England’ to end of line 32.

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Withdrawn  26

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  35,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

In exercising these functions the Secretary of State and local authorities must

 

consult relevant local Directors of Public Health and the Chief Medical Officer

 

and have regard to their advice.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Negatived on division  68

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  4,  at end insert ‘, reside in the area covered by the consortium

 

or are visiting the area.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Paul Burstow

 

Agreed to  4

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  7,  after ‘who’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

were provided with primary medical services by a person who is or was

 

a member of the consortium, or

 

(b)    

’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 1 March 2011            

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Not called  69

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  8,  at end insert ‘including persons living in the area covered

 

by the relevant Health and Wellbeing strategy.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Withdrawn  70

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

In exercising their duties under this section consortia must act with regard to the

 

relevant Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Health and Wellbeing

 

strategies.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Not moved  71

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  25,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Not called  72

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

in exercising its powers under (a) and (b) the consortium must take into

 

account the NHS Constitution and the appropriate Joint Strategic Needs

 

Assessments.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Not called  73

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

In exercising their functions under this part of the Act commissioning consortia

 

shall have regard to relevant Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and relevant

 

Health and Wellbeing strategies approved by relevant Health and Wellbeing

 

boards.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 1 March 2011            

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Negatived on division  74

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  leave out line 7.

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

Not called  108

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  9,  at end add ‘and Armed Forces veterans’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

Not called  109

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  12,  leave out ‘may be prescribed’ and insert ‘set out in the

 

Specialised Services National Definitions Set.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Withdrawn  75

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  14,  leave out from second ‘the’ to end of line 16 and insert

 

‘provision of the service to be arranged at a national level rather than a local level’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Not called  76

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

the extent to which services are provided by local providers rather than

 

by regional or national providers.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Derek Twigg

 

Negatived on division  77

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

consult with commissioning consortia and Health and Wellbeing

 

Boards.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 12 and 13 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Agreed to  92

 

Clause  14,  page  11,  line  9,  leave out ‘protection’ and insert ‘health’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 1 March 2011            

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Derek Twigg

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Liz Kendall

 

Not moved  110

 

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

The Secretary of State shall issue a report annually to Parliament in respect of

 

directions he has issued to the Board or commissioning consortia.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 16 to 18 Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am


 
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