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House of Commons

Thursday 17 February 2011

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Health and Social Care Bill

[seventh and eighth sittings]

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Negatived on division  36

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  23,  leave out ‘with a view to securing’ and insert ‘to secure’.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Not called  37

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  29,  leave out ‘with a view to securing’ and insert ‘to secure’.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Negatived on division  38

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  33,  leave out from ‘show’ to end of line 36 and insert—

‘(a)
the effectiveness of services,

(b)
the safety of services,

(c)
that services are patient-centred,

(d)
the timeliness of services,

(e)
the efficiency of services, and

(f)
the equity of services.’.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Not called  39

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  38,  leave out ‘have regard to’ and insert ‘seek to deliver’.

Liz Kendall

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Withdrawn  40

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  39,  at end insert—

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 17 February 2011
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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

‘(5)
In discharging the duty under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must ensure

the people in a local area are consulted before significant changes to their health

services.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Emily Thornberry

Negatived on division  5

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  4,  leave out from beginning to end of line 7 and insert—

‘(1)
In exercising functions in relation to the health service, the Secretary of State

must—

(a)
act to reduce inequalities between all the people of England with respect

to—

(i)
their health,

(ii)
the benefits and quality of care they can obtain from the health

service, and

(iii)
their access to health services, and

(b)
report annually to Parliament on his Department’s progress in reducing

inequalities.

(2)
For the purposes of this Act “inequalities” shall refer to differences between

people based on—

(a)
age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership,

pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual

orientation;

(b)
geographical variation; and

(c)
socio-economic variation.’.

Emily Thornberry

Negatived on division  6

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  5,  leave out ‘must have regard to the need’ and insert ‘has a

duty’.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 1 March at 10.30 am



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