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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 14 July 2011

 

Public Bill Committee

 

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Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill


 

The Bill is re-committed in respect of the following Clauses and Schedules:

 


 

Clauses 1 to 6, 9 to 11, 19 to 24, 28 and 29, Schedules 1 to 3, Clauses 55 and 56, 58

 

and 59, 63 to 75, 100 and 101, 112 to 117, 147, Schedules 8 and 9, Clauses 149, 156,

 

165 and 166, 176, 178 to 180, 189 to 193, Schedule 15, Clauses 242, 265, 285 and 286,

 

295, 297 and 298.

 


 

Note

 

The amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [28 June].

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

192

 

Clause  149,  page  138,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

After paragraph 18D of that Schedule insert—

 

“18E (1)  

The constitution must provide for meetings of the board of directors to

 

be open to members of the public.

 

      (2)  

But the constitution may provide for members of the public to be

 

excluded from a meeting for special reasons.”’.

 



 
 

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Mr Simon Burns

 

193

 

Clause  156,  page  141,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

After section 35(3) of that Act (things the regulator must consider before deciding

 

whether it is satisfied as to the matters in subsection (2)) insert—

 

“(3A)    

The regulator must not give an authorisation unless it is notified by the

 

Care Quality Commission that it is satisfied that the applicant is

 

complying with (so far as applicable) the requirements mentioned in

 

section 12(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in relation to the

 

regulated activity or activities the applicant carries on.

 

(3B)    

In subsection (3A), “regulated activity” has the same meaning as in

 

section 8 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.”’.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

194

 

Clause  165,  page  147,  line  29,  after ‘applicant’, insert ‘(that is an NHS foundation

 

trust)’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

195

 

Clause  165,  page  147,  line  31,  leave out paragraph (a).

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

196

 

Clause  166,  page  148,  line  12,  after ‘applicant’, insert ‘(that is an NHS foundation

 

trust)’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

197

 

Clause  166,  page  148,  line  13,  after ‘must’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

be supported by the Secretary of State if B is an NHS trust, and

 

(b)    

’.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

198

 

Clause  176,  page  155,  line  10,  leave out subsections (3) and (4).


 
 

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Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Owen Smith

 

49

 

Page  155,  line  6,  leave out Clause 176.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

199

 

Clause  178,  page  157,  line  36,  at end insert ‘; and the Commission must inform the

 

committee in writing of its response or proposed response to the advice.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

200

 

Clause  178,  page  158,  line  31,  after ‘discharge’, insert ‘,

 

    

and that the failure is significant’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

201

 

Clause  178,  page  158,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In subsection (2A) of that section (inserted by section [Failure to discharge

 

functions]), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

202

 

Clause  178,  page  158,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In subsection (4) of that section (inserted by section [Failure to discharge

 

functions]), after “(1)” insert “, (1A)”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

203

 

Clause  178,  page  158,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

For the title to that section substitute “Failure by the Commission or Healthwatch

 

England in discharge of functions”.’.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

205

 

Clause  179,  page  160,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act 2010 (bodies subject to public sector

 

equality duty), after the entry for the Health Service Commissioner for England

 

insert—

 

    

“A Local Healthwatch organisation.”’.

 



 
 

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231

 

Schedule  15,  page  363,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(3)  

The regulations must make provision requiring a person who has

 

power to appoint a member of an LHW to act with a view to

 

securing that the members of the LHW (taken together) are

 

representative of—

 

(a)    

people who live in the LHW’s area,

 

(b)    

people to whom care services are being or may be provided

 

in that area, and

 

(c)    

people from that area to whom care services are being

 

provided in any place.

 

      (4)  

In sub-paragraph (3), “care services” has the meaning given in

 

section 221.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

232

 

Schedule  15,  page  364,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(5)  

In making arrangements under this paragraph, an LHW must act

 

with a view to securing that, so far as appropriate, the persons with

 

whom it makes the arrangements (taken together) are representative

 

of—

 

(a)    

people who live in the LHW’s area,

 

(b)    

people to whom care services are being or may be provided

 

in that area, and

 

(c)    

people from that area to whom care services are being

 

provided in any place.

 

      (6)  

In sub-paragraph (5), “care services” has the meaning given in

 

section 221.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

204

 

Schedule  15,  page  364,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

    ‘()  

A direction under sub-paragraph (4) may be varied or revoked by a

 

subsequent direction.’.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

230

 

Clause  180,  page  160,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

After that subsection insert—

 

“(3A)    

A person to whom views are made known or reports or recommendations

 

are made under subsection (2)(d) must, in exercising any function


 
 

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relating to care services, have regard to the views, reports or

 

recommendations.”’.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

206

 

Clause  189,  page  170,  line  23,  after ‘(8)’, insert ‘—

 

‘(a)    

’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

207

 

Clause  189,  page  170,  line  24,  at end insert ‘, and

 

(b)    

after paragraph (b) (but before the “and” immediately following it)

 

insert—

 

“(ba)    

involve the Local Healthwatch Organisation for the area

 

of the responsible local authority;

 

(bb)    

involve the people who live or work in that area;”, and

 

(c)    

in paragraph (c) for “consult” substitute “involve”.’.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

208

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  18,  after ‘to’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

209

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  19,  at end insert ‘, and

 

(b)    

any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

210

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In preparing a strategy under this section, the responsible local authority and each

 

of its partner commissioning consortia must—

 

(a)    

involve the Local Healthwatch Organisation for the area of the

 

responsible local authority, and

 

(b)    

involve the people who live or work in that area.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

211

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  36,  leave out ‘relevant’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

212

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  37,  leave out ‘the most recent’ and insert ‘any’.


 
 

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213

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  39,  after ‘section 116’, insert ‘which is relevant to the

 

exercise of the functions’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

214

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  40,  leave out ‘the most recent’ and insert ‘any’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

215

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  line  41,  after ‘section 116A’, insert ‘which is so relevant’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

216

 

Clause  190,  page  171,  leave out lines 42 to 45.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

217

 

Clause  190,  page  172,  line  3,  leave out from second ‘to’ to end of line 4 and insert

 

‘—

 

(a)    

any assessment of relevant needs prepared by the responsible local

 

authority and each of its partner commissioning consortia under section

 

116 which is relevant to the exercise of the functions, and

 

(b)    

any joint health and wellbeing strategy prepared by them under section

 

116A which is so relevant.’.

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

218

 

Clause  242,  page  216,  line  37,  after ‘that’, insert ‘—

 

( )    

’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

219

 

Clause  242,  page  216,  line  39,  at end insert ‘, and

 

( )    

the failure is significant.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

220

 

Clause  242,  page  217,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Where the Secretary of State exercises a power under subsection (1) or (3), the

 

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

 



 
 

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Mr Simon Burns

 

221

 

Clause  265,  page  228,  line  25,  after ‘that’, insert ‘—

 

( )    

’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

222

 

Clause  265,  page  228,  line  27,  at end insert ‘, and

 

( )    

the failure is significant.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

223

 

Clause  265,  page  228,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Where the Secretary of State exercises a power under subsection (1) or (3), the

 

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

 


 

Mr Simon Burns

 

224

 

Clause  295,  page  245,  line  45,  leave out paragraph (j).

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

225

 

Clause  295,  page  246,  line  16,  after ‘and’, insert ‘(subject to section 63(3))’.

 


 

Liz Kendall

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Owen Smith

 

Debbie Abrahams

 

50

 

Clause  297,  page  247,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Section 28 comes into force in accordance with sections 28(3) and (4).’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

226

 

Clause  297,  page  247,  line  18,  leave out subsection (2).

 



 
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