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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 8 March 2011
40

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

Mr Simon Burns

Agreed to  102

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

financial year’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

Not called  147

Clause  22,  page  35,  leave out lines 7 and 8 and insert—

‘(b)
make arrangements for the annual report to be drawn to the attention of

patients and the public and their representatives, including holding a

meeting or meetings for the purposes of presenting the report and for

receiving the views of patients and the public and their representatives on

the consortia’s assessment of how its functions have been discharged.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

Not called  148

Clause  22,  page  35,  line  17,  after ‘14L’, insert ‘and 14P’.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Withdrawn  213

Clause  22,  page  35,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
The Board must, after consultation, define and publish the criteria by which

performance will be measured.’.

Mr Simon Burns

Agreed to  103

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

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Not called  214

Clause  22,  page  36,  line  35,  after ‘Board’, insert ‘after consultation’.

Mr Simon Burns

Agreed to  104

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

Agreed to  105

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;’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 8 March 2011
41

Health and Social Care Bill, continued

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Withdrawn  216

Clause  23,  page  39,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
In determining the amount to be allotted to a consortium, the Board must have

particular regard to—

(a)
its duties under 13F(1)(a) and 13F(1)(b) of the National Health Service

Act 2006, and

(b)
the health needs of the consortium population.’.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Not called  217

Clause  23,  page  40,  line  43,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
A commissioning consortium must ensure that in the use of its resources conflicts

of interest are managed to prevent members benefitting financially from the

consortium’s commissioning arrangements.’.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Negatived on division  215

Clause  23,  page  41,  leave out lines 21 to line 12 on page 42.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Not selected  218

Clause  32,  page  50,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(2EA)
Health services are defined in accordance with their meaning within the National

Health Service Act 2006, as determined by the Secretary of State.’.

Clauses 40 to 43 Agreed to.

Schedule 3 Agreed to.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 8 March 2011
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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Not moved  219

Clause  44,  page  59,  line  22,  leave out ‘the performance of the health service in

England’ and insert—

‘(a)
the performance of the health service in England,

(b)
the exercise of his duties under sections 2A and 2B, and

(c)
the exercise by local authorities of their functions under section 2B.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 47 to 49 Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am



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