Report (6th Day)

Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in the House of Lords at 11:31 am on 8 March 2012.

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Relevant documents: 18th and 22nd Reports from the Constitution Committee.

Amendment 217A has been retabled as Amendment 292A.

Clause 149 : Interpretation and consequential amendments

Amendment 218

Moved by Earl Howe

218: Clause 149, page 148, line 26, at end insert-

"( ) Until section 8 comes into force, the references in this Part to the National Health Service Commissioning Board (other than the reference in section 95(11)(b)) are to be read as references to the NHS Commissioning Board Authority.

( ) Until the day specified by Secretary of State for the purposes of section 14A of the National Health Service Act 2006, the references in this Part to a clinical commissioning group (other than the reference in section 95(11)(a)) are to be read as references to a Primary Care Trust.

( ) Until section 180 comes into force, the following provisions in this Part are to be read as if the words "and its Healthwatch England committee" were omitted-

(a) section 84(4)(c);

(b) section 85(5)(a)(iii);

(c) section 96(2)(e);

(d) section 100(2)(e)."

Amendment 218 agreed.

Clause 153 : Accounts: initial arrangements

Amendment 218A

Moved by Baroness Thornton

218A: Clause 153, page 151, line 32, at end insert-

"(1B) Annual proper accounts and proper records must be separately prepared and kept which separately detail the income and expenditure derived-

(a) from private charges, and

(b) in relation to the provision of services to NHS patients.

(1C) "Private charges" means charges imposed in respect of goods and services provided to patients other than patients being provided with goods and services for the purposes of the health service in England."