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(6)	Nothing in section 56 requires Monitor to do anything in relation to the supply to

persons who provide health care services of goods that are to be provided as part

of those services.’.

Standard condition as to transparency in setting and application of certain criteria

Mr Simon Burns

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The standard conditions applicable to any licence under this Chapter must include

a condition requiring the licence holder to—

(a)	set transparent eligibility and selection criteria, and

(b)	apply those criteria in a transparent way to persons who, having a choice

of persons from whom to receive health care services for the purposes of

the NHS, choose to receive them from the licence holder.

(2)	“Eligibility or selection criteria”, in relation to a licence holder, means criteria for

determining—

(a)	whether a person is eligible, or is to be selected, to receive health care

services provided by the licence holder for the purposes of the NHS, and

(b)	if the person is selected, the manner in which the services are provided to

the person.’.

Consultation: further provision

Mr Simon Burns

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	For the purpose of securing that the prices payable for the provision of health care

services for the purposes of the NHS are such as to result in a fair level of pay for

providers of the services, the National Health Service Commissioning Board and

Monitor must, in exercising functions under section 117, have regard to—

(a)	differences in the costs incurred in providing health care services for the

purposes of the NHS to persons of different descriptions, and

(b)	differences between providers with respect to the range of health care

services that they provide for those purposes.

(2)	In exercising functions under section 117(5), the Board and Monitor must act

with a view to securing the standardisation throughout England of the

specification of health care services in the national tariff under section 115(1)(a).

(3)	In exercising functions under section 117(10A), Monitor and the Board must act

with a view to securing the standardisation throughout England of the

specification of health care services in rules provided for in the national tariff

under section 115(3)(b).

(4)	In carrying out the duty under subsection (2) or (3), the Board and Monitor must

have regard to whether, or to what extent, standardisation is likely to have a

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significant adverse impact on the provision of health care services for the

purposes of the NHS.’.

Failure to discharge functions

Mr Simon Burns

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	In section 82 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (failure by Commission to

discharge functions), in subsection (1), at the end insert “,

and that the failure is significant.”

(2)	After subsection (2) of that section insert—

“(2A)

But the Secretary of State may not give a direction under subsection (1)

in relation to the performance of functions in a particular case.”

(3)	After subsection (3) of that section insert—

“(4)	Where the Secretary of State exercises a power under subsection (1) or

(3), the Secretary of State must publish the reasons for doing so.”

(4)	In section 161 of that Act (orders, regulations and directions: general provisions),

in subsection (3), before “any power of the Secretary of State to give directions”

insert “(subject to section 82(2A))”.

(5)	In section 165 of that Act (directions), at the beginning of subsection (2) insert

“Subject to subsection (3),”.

(6)	After that subsection insert—

“(3)	A direction under section 82 must be given by regulations or by an

instrument in writing.”’.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE BILL (PROGRAMME) (No.2)

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

purpose of supplementing the Order of 31 January 2011 (Health and Social Care Bill

(Programme)):

Re-committal

1.	The Bill shall be re-committed to the Public Bill Committee to which it

previously stood committed in respect of the following Clauses and

Schedules—

(a)	in Part 1, Clauses 1 to 6, 9 to 11, 19 to 24, 28 and 29 and Schedules

1 to 3;

(b)	in Part 3, Clauses 55, 56, 58, 59, 63 to 75, 100, 101, 112 to 117 and

147 and Schedules 8 and 9;

(c)	in Part 4, Clauses 149, 156, 165, 166 and 176;

(d)	in Part 5, Clauses 178 to 180 and 189 to 193 and Schedule 15;

(e)	in Part 8, Clause 242;

(f)	in Part 9, Clause 265;

(g)	in Part 11, Clauses 285 and 286;

(h)	in Part 12, Clauses 295, 297 and 298.

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2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee on re-committal shall (so far as not

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 14 July 2011.

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

meets.

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