Health and Social Care Bill
Public Bill Committees
- Health and Social Care Bill, 1st sitting (2 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- TABLE
(92 speeches)Sitting Proceedings Time for conclusion of proceedings 1st Clause 1 and Clauses 17 and 18 5 p.m. 2nd Clause 16 and Clauses 2 to 6 — 3rd Clause 16 and Clauses 2 to 6 (so far as not previously concluded) 10 p.m. 4th Clauses 19 to 28 — 5th Clauses 19 to 28 (so far as not previously concluded) 5 p.m. 6th Clauses 14 and 15, Clauses 7 and 8, Schedule 1, Clauses 9 to 13 — 7th Clauses 24 and 15, Clauses 7 and 8, Schedule 1, Clauses 9 to 13 (so far as not previously concluded) 10 p.m. 8th Clauses 29 and 30, Schedule 2, Clauses 31 to 40, Schedule 3, Clause 41, Clause 69, Clauses 42 to 44 — 9th Clauses 29 and 30, Schedule 2, Clauses 31 to 40, Schedule 3, Clause 41, Clause 60, Clauses 42 to 44 (so far as not previously concluded) 5 p.m. 10th Clauses 45 to 58 — 11th Clauses 45 to 58 (so far as not previously concluded) 10 p.m. 12th Clause 59, Clauses 61 to 66, Schedules 4 and 5, new Clauses and new Schedules — 13th Clause 59, Clauses 61 to 66, Schedules 4 and 5, new Clauses and new Schedules (so far as not previously concluded) 5 p.m.
I look forward to your chairmanship of the Committee, Mr. Maxton. I am sure that we shall have an interesting few weeks scrutinising this important Bill. I look forward also to being one of the...
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- Health and Social Care Bill, 2nd sitting (3 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 16 - Intervention orders (73 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 31, in page 11, line 38, after `run', insert `or that the body has practised discrimination by reason of age,'. - Clause 2 - Payments relating to past performance (34 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 65, in page 3, line 1, leave out `performed well against any' and insert `met the performance'.
- Clause 16 - Intervention orders (73 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 2 - Payments relating to past performance (40 speeches)
Amendment proposed [this day]: No 67, in page 3, line 5, at end insert— `(3CC) The Secretary of State shall within 28 days of notifying objectives or criteria to Health Authorities... - Clause 3 - Supplementary payments to NHS trusts and Primary Care Trusts (17 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 69, in page 3, line 15, at end insert— `(5B) If the Secretary of State makes any payment under subsection (5A) above he shall publish details of such payment... - Clause 4 - Public-private partnerships (17 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 72, in page 4, line 6, at end insert— `(3A) The Secretary of State shall publish not later than the 31st December in each year an audited statement of his... - Clause 5 - Income Generation (4 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 6 - Terms and conditions of employment by health service bodies (15 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 70, in page 5, line 15, leave out `and any directions given' and insert `made'.
- Clause 2 - Payments relating to past performance (40 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 4th sitting (1 speech)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 19 - Abolition of NHS Tribunal (9 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 20 - Payments relating to past performance (22 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 178, in page 14, line 6, leave out from `shall' to end of line 7 and add: `be substituted with— (4) The remuneration to be paid under the arrangements mentioned... - Clause 21 - out of hours medical services (52 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 168, in page 14, line 21, leave out `another' and insert `any other'.
- Clause 19 - Abolition of NHS Tribunal (9 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 5th sitting (1 speech)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 22 - Unsuitability for inclusion in medical, dental,ophthalmic and pharmaceutical etc. lists (37 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 116, in page 15, line 6, at end insert— `( ) In section 29A (medical lists), after subsection (4) there shall be inserted— ``(4A) Regulations may make... - Clause 23 - Dental Corporations (10 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 24 - Declaration of financial interests, gifts, etc (20 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 184, in page 17, line 29, after `gifts', insert `above a specified value'. - Clause 25 - Supplementary lists (32 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 98, in page 19, line 1, leave out from beginning to end of line 3. - Clause 26 - Suspension and disqualification of practitioners (39 speeches)
Amendments made: No. 100, in page 20, line 10, leave out `section 19 of'. No. 101, in page 20, line 19, after `practitioners' insert `and dental corporations'.—[Mr. Denham.] - Clause 27 - PMS and PDS lists (9 speeches)
Amendments made: No. 109, in page 25, line 10, leave out from beginning to end of line 11 No. 163, in page 25, line 16, leave out `by Health Authorities'. No. 110, in page 25, line 28, at end... - Clause 28 - The Family Health Services appeal authority (36 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 185, in page 28, line 32, at end insert— `(aa) medical practitioner providing personal medical services.'.
- Clause 22 - Unsuitability for inclusion in medical, dental,ophthalmic and pharmaceutical etc. lists (37 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 6th sitting (2 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 14 - Abolition of community health councils in england (106 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 241, in page 11, line 19, at end add— `(8) This section may not be brought into force until the Secretary of State has issued a certificate stating that it is... - Clause 15 - Power to abolish community health councils in wales (0 speeches)
Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 10, Noes 6. - Clause 7 - Functions of overview and scrutiny committees (22 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 245, in page 6, leave out lines 14 to 18 and insert `any county, county borough, district or London Borough Council having responsibility for social services within...
- Clause 14 - Abolition of community health councils in england (106 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
[Sir David Madel in the Chair]- Clause 7 - Functions of Overview and Scrutiny Committees (36 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 44, in page 6, line 20, at end insert— `( ) as to the commissioning of independent advocacy services and requirements placed on any officer of a local NHS body... - Clause 8 - Overview and Scrutiny Committees: Exempt Information (6 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Schedule 1 - Exempt Information Relating to Health Services (1 speech)
I beg to move amendment No. 189, in page 58, line 37, leave out from `Authority' to end of line 38. In the old days, before programme motions, one could happily dwell on one or two amendments... - Clause 9 - Public Involvement and Consultation (31 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 246, in page 7, line 39, after `Authorities', insert `(including Special Health Authorities)'. - Clause 10 - Establishment of Patients' Forums (20 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 46, in page 8, line 9, leave out `Secretary of State' and insert `local authorities specified in section 7(2)'. - Clause 11 - Patients' Forums: Entry and Inspection of Premises (13 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 250, in page 9, line 6, leave out subsection (1) and insert— `(1) Authorised members of a Patients' Forum shall be permitted (subject to subsection 2 below) to... - Clause 12 - Patients' Forums: Annual Reports (14 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 85, in page 9, line 21, after `established', insert `, the overview and scrutiny committee, the ILAF, the Health Authority,'. - Clause 13 - Patients Forums: Supplementary (24 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 255, in page 9, line 26, at beginning insert— `( ) The Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision for— (a) the funding of Patients' Forums and...
- Clause 7 - Functions of Overview and Scrutiny Committees (36 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
[Sir David Madel in the Chair]- Clause 29 - Pilot schemes (48 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 206, in page 30, line 1, leave out from `Chapter' to second `services' in line 2 and insert `— ``pharmaceutical services'' means services of a kind which may be... - Schedule 2 - Pilot schemes (11 speeches)
I beg to move, amendment No. 218, in page 60, line 19, leave out `as to the circumstances in which a Health Authority must' and insert `requiring a Health Authority to'. - Clause 31 - Designation of priority neighbourhoodsor premises (7 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 208, in page 30, line 24, leave out from beginning to end of line 25. - Clause 32 - Reviews of pilot schemes (7 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 277, in page 30, line 37, leave out `three' and insert `two'.
- Clause 29 - Pilot schemes (48 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
[Sir David Madel in the Chair]- Clause 32 - Reviews of pilot schemes (5 speeches)
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 277, in page 30, line 37, leave out 'three' and insert 'two'.—[Mr. Hammond.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made. - Clause 34 - NHS contracts and financial provisions (9 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 36 - Charges, recovery of payments and penalties (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 209, in page 32, line 29, leave out 'piloted' and insert 'local pharmaceutical'. - Clause 38 - Control of entry regulations (8 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 39 - Assessing pilot schemes (1 speech)
I beg to move amendment No. 212, in page 33, line 21, at end insert— `(within the meaning of section 128(1) of the 1977 Act)'. The amendment is purely technical. It simply corrects an... - Schedule 3 - LPS schemes (3 speeches)
1Amendments made: No. 220, in page 62, line 11, leave out— `has such meaning as may be prescribed' and insert— `means such services of a kind which may be provided under section 41... - Clause 41 - Application of enactments (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 281, in page 33, line 39, leave out from beginning to end of line 2 on page 34 and insert— `( ) The relevant authority may by regulations make, in relation to... - Clause 60 - Extension of prescribing rights (20 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 217, in page 54, line 7, at end insert `; (h) any other description of persons which appears to the appropriate Ministers to be a description of persons whose... - Clause 42 - Dispensing of NHS prescriptions and provision of pharmaceutical services (0 speeches)
Amendment made: No. 213, in page 35, line 29, at end insert `; (i) any other description of persons which appears to the Secretary of State to be a description of persons whose profession is... - Clause 43 - Remote provision of pharmaceutical, etc. services (2 speeches)
Amendment proposed: No. 214, in page 37, line 6, at end insert `(whether by the Secretary of State or by another person so specified)'.—[Mr. Denham.] - Clause 44 - Dispensing of NHS prescriptions (9 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 215, in page 37, line 23, leave out first `and' The amendment removes an extraneous ``and''. I assure the Committee that it is a purely technical amendment. ...
- Clause 32 - Reviews of pilot schemes (5 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 45 - Care Trusts where voluntarypartnership arrangements (77 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 295, in page 38, line 12, leave out `is, or is to be, a party' and insert `and a local authority are, or are to be, parties.'. The clause and part III of the Bill... - Clause 46 - Care Trusts where directedpartnership arrangements (24 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No.260, in page 40, line 9, leave out `any of'.
- Clause 45 - Care Trusts where voluntarypartnership arrangements (77 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 11th sitting, part 1 (0 speeches)
- [Part I] (0 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair] - Clause 46 - Care Trusts where directed partnership arrangements (13 speeches)
Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed. - Clause 47 - Further provisions about directions in connection with care trusts (4 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 48 - Exclusion of nursing care from community care services (82 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 279, in page 42, line 38, after `authority', insert `in England'.
- [Part I] (0 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 11th sitting, part 2 (0 speeches)
- Part II (0 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair] - [Continuation from column 434] (48 speeches)
On resuming— - Clause 49 - Preserved rights: transfer to local authorities of responsibilities as to accommodation (6 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 226, in page 43, line 16, leave out from beginning to `is' in line 17 and insert— `(1A) For the purposes of this section a ``qualifying person'' is— (a)... - Clause 50 - Preserved rights: disclosure of information (0 speeches)
Amendments made: No. 269, in page 44, line 35, leave out `This section applies to any person in relevant premises who' and insert `For the purposes of this section a ``claimant'' is—... - Clause 52 - Disregarding of resources when determining need for residential accommodation (19 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 293, in page 45, line 34, after `person', insert— ( ) a local authority shall not consider care and attention to be otherwise available if the person is not... - Clause 53 - Funding by resident etc. of more expensive accommodation (2 speeches)
Mr. Swayne : I beg to move amendment No. 315 in page 46, line 13, at end insert— `(2A) Nothing in this section shall prevent or preclude any local authority from meeting any costs which... - Clause 54 - Power for local authorities to take charges on land instead of contributions (10 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 289, in page 46, line 21, at end insert `and (c) that person has been informed in writing of the advisability of appropriate independent financial advice by a suitably... - Clause 55 - Cross-border placements (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 317, in page 47, line 39, at end add— `(3) Regulations under this section may not treat any person differently from any other person by virtue of his place of...
- Part II (0 speeches)
- Health and Social Care Bill, 12th sitting (4 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 59 - Control of patient information (54 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 323, in page 51, line 10, at beginning insert— `( ) The Secretary of State shall— (a) consult such persons and bodies as reasonably appear to him to be...
- Clause 59 - Control of patient information (54 speeches)
- Health and Social Care, 13th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr. John Maxton in the Chair]- Clause 59 - Control of patient information (17 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 324, in page 52, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 50 and insert— `information regarding any identifiable patient and relating to his physical or... - Clause 61 - Regulations and orders (11 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 342, in page 55, line 14, after `14(5)' insert `or regulations under section (Supplementary and consequential provision etc.)(3)(c)'. - Clause 62 - Interpretation (4 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 63 - Minor and consequential amendmentsand repeals (1 speech)
I beg to move amendment No. 347, in page 56, line 26, leave out from beginning to end of line 27. The amendment would delete subsection (3) because we now believe it to be redundant. It is... - Clause 64 - Powers of National Assembly for Wales Under Amended Acts (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 320, in page 56, line 34, at end insert— `(2A) The reference in that Schedule to the 1977 Act shall also be treated as referring to that Act as amended by... - Clause 66 - Short Title, Commencement and Extent (4 speeches)
Amendments made: No. 344, in page 57, line 3, after `61' insert `, (Supplementary and consequential provision etc.)'. No. 345, in page 57, line 28, leave out `to' and insert `, 61,... - Schedule 4 - Minor consequential amendments (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment No. 352, in page 64, line 4, at end insert— `Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46) .—(1) The Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 shall be... - Schedule 5 - Repeals (0 speeches)
Amendments made: No. 115, in page 66, column 3, line 38, leave out from beginning to end of line 40. No. 322, in page 66, line 47, at end insert— `2000 c. 20. Government Resources... - New Clause 9 - Joint overview and scrutiny committees etc (0 speeches)
`.—(1) In this section, relevant functions in relation to a local authority are functions which are, or, but for regulations under this section, would be, exercisable under section... - New Clause 10 - Transfer of staff in connection with partnership arrangements (9 speeches)
`.—(1) The Health Act 1999 shall be amended as follows. (2) At the end of section 31 (arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities) there shall be added— ``(9) Schedule... - New Clause 12 - Premises from which piloted servicesmay be provided (0 speeches)
`. The relevant authority may by regulations— (a) prevent (except in such circumstances and to such extent as may be prescribed) the provision of both piloted services and pharmaceutical... - New Clause 20 - supplementary and consequential provision etc. (0 speeches)
`.—(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make— (a) such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, or (b) such transitory, transitional or saving provision, as... - New Clause 15 - General practitioners' lists (6 speeches)
`.—(1) The Secretary of State shall make regulations relating to the content of contracts for the provision of general medical services in the area. (2) Regulations under this... - New Clause 16 - Reviews of care trusts (9 speeches)
`.—(1) The relevant authority shall, not less than two years and not more than three years after the date of designation of any trust as a Care Trust— (a) arrange for a review of the... - New Clause 17 - Observer status at meetingsof health authorities (4 speeches)
``Health authorities shall extend observer status, with voice but no vote, to representatives of all statutory patient representation bodies.''--[Mr. Burstow.] Brought up, and read the First time. - New Clause 18 - Liability for residential care charges (22 speeches)
`.—(1) Where a person— (i) has previously made their own arrangements for care and attention in a residential care or nursing home, and (ii) has requested an assessment under section... - New Schedule 1 - `PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS: TRANSFER OF STAFF - The following is the Schedule inserted in the Health Act 1999. - ``SCHEDULE 2A - SECTION 31 ARRANGEMENTS: TRANSFER OF STAFF (10 speeches)
Application of Schedule 1. This Schedule applies where, under any arrangements under regulations under section 31, any functions of a body (``the transferor'') are to be exercised by another...
- Clause 59 - Control of patient information (17 speeches)