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Lord Macdonald of Tradeston moved Amendment No. 102D:

Page 58, leave out line 16 and insert--
("(a) in subsection (2)--
(i) after paragraph (a) there is inserted--
"(aa) Special Health Boards;",.
(ii) after paragraph (k) there is inserted--
"(ka) Primary Care Trusts established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977;",.
(iii) paragraphs (d) and (j) are omitted, and").

The noble Lord said: My Lords, the amendments in my name to Schedules 4 and 5 make minor and consequential changes to ensure that all Scottish National Health Service bodies are able to make service agreements with each other and with relevant bodies, such as the new English primary care trusts, outwith Scotland. They also tidy up paragraph 41 of Schedule 4. I beg to move.

Lord Skelmersdale: My Lords, does that mean that the internal market continues?

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston: No, my Lords.

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston moved Amendment No. 102E:

Page 59, line 6, after (""or") insert ("Health").

On Question, amendment agreed to.

[Amendment No. 103 not moved.]

Schedule 5 [Repeals]:

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston moved Amendment No. 103A:

Page 64, line 48, column 3, after (""or") insert ("Health").

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 51 [Devolution]:

Baroness Hayman moved Amendments Nos. 104 and 105:

Page 39, line 37, leave out ("(3)") and insert ("(4)").
Page 39, leave out line 39.

On Question, amendments agreed to.

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Clause 52 [Commencement]:

Baroness Hayman moved Amendments Nos. 106 and 107:

Page 40, line 16, after ("Act") insert ("(including the Schedules)").
Page 40, line 19, at end insert--
("( ) Subsection (1) does not apply to the repeal of section 10 of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 (power to extend or restrict application of Act), which accordingly comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.").

The noble Baroness said: My Lords, I beg to move.

Lord Skelmersdale: My Lords, I cannot let the day go without congratulating the noble Baroness on her

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enormous stamina. When I criticised her a little while ago for her voice fading I said at that time, if I recall correctly, that I was not in the least surprised. I would be well under floor level, not to say Guy Fawkes level, by this time of night were I in her position. My only reason for speaking in that vein was to have the acoustics improved by the magic intervention of those who manage the acoustics system in your Lordships' House. I must say that I achieved my objective and it was absolutely no slight on the noble Baroness.

On Question, amendments agreed to.

House adjourned at a quarter past ten o'clock.

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