Clause 13 - Patients Forums: Supplementary
Health and Social Care Bill
7:00 pm
Mr David Madel (South West Bedfordshire, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to take the following amendments: No. 87, in page 9, line 26, leave out `may' and insert `shall'.
No. 56, in page 9, line 26, leave out
`by regulations make further provision'
and insert
`issue guidance to local authorities'.
No. 57, in page 9, line 28, leave out from `The' to end and insert `guidance may include—'.
No. 89, in page 9, line 28, leave out `may' and insert `shall'.
No. 256, in page 9, line 39, leave out from beginning to end of line 4 on page 10.
No. 58, in page 9, leave out lines 39 and 40.
No. 59, in page 10, leave out lines 1 to 7.
No. 61, in page 10, line 12, at end insert—
`(2A) The Secretary of State may by regulation make provision for—
(a) the funding of Patients' Forums and the provision of premises, other facilities and staff;
(b) the payment of travelling and other allowances to members of a Patients' Forum or of a committee of a Forum (including attendance allowances or compensation for loss of remunerative time);
(c) the provision of information to a Patients' Forum by the trust for which it is established, including descriptions of information which are or are not to be provided.'.