Public Bill Committees
NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill

• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, 1st sitting (3 speeches)
  [Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
  • Table (16 speeches)
    Sitting Proceedings Time for conclusion of proceedings 27th November Clause 1, Schedule 1; Clause 2, Schedule 2; Clauses 3 and 4, Schedule 3; Clauses 5 and Clause 6, Schedules 4 and 5;...
  • Table (1 speech)
    Sitting Proceedings Time for conclusion of proceedings 27th November Clause 1, Schedule 1; Clause 2, Schedule 2; Clauses 3 and 4, Schedule 3; Clauses 5 and Clause 6, Schedules 4 and 5;...
  • Clause 1 - English health authorities: change of name (101 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, page 1, line 5, leave out from `(1)' to `Health' and insert `From 1st April 2003'. The first amendment is very straightforward. If accepted by the Government, it...
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - English Health Authorities: change of name (73 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 84, in page 2, line 3, at end insert `provided that such area has an adult population of more than 2 million people.'.—[Mr. Burns.]
  • Schedule 1 - English Health Authorities: change of name (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 95, in page 47, line 5, at end insert— ``In section 125 (protection of members and officers of authorities), before paragraph (a) there is inserted— `(za)...
  • Clause 2 - Primary Care Trusts (41 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• NHS Reform and Health Care, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [MR. ALAN HURST in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Primary care trusts (58 speeches)
    Question proposed [27 November], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
  • Clause 7 - Funding of strategic health authorities (64 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 134, in page 8, line 17, leave out `not exceeding' and insert `equal to'. The purpose of this probing amendment is to ask why the Secretary of State should pay a sum...
  • Clause 8 - Funding of Primary Care Trusts (2 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 138, in page 9, line 14, at end add `and— (c) any deficit inherited from a predecessor body.'.—[Mr. Heald.] Question put, That the amendment be...
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, 4th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
  • Clause 6 - Local Health boards (28 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 93, in page 8, line 10, at end insert— '( ) Section 1 of the National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997 (c.56) (powers to enter into externally financed...
  • Schedule 4 - Local health boards (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the Fourth schedule to the Bill.
  • Schedule 5 - Amendments relating to local health boards (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 117, in page 68, line 14, at end insert— 'The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c.67) In the Schedule to the Public Bodies (Admission to...
  • Clause 22 - Health and well-being strategies in Wales (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 9 - Funding of Local Health Boards (7 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 5 - Local Representative Committees (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 115, in page 5, line 32, leave out '(1A)' and insert '(1ZA)'.
  • Schedule 2 - Reallocation of functions of health authorities to primary care trusts (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 97, in page 48, line 5, leave out from '2' to end of line and insert— '(1) Section 15 (duty of Health Authority in relation to family health services) is...
  • Clause 3 - Directions: distribution of functions (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 91, in page 3, line 25, leave out '(2)(a)' and insert '(3)(a)'. Once again, it is a minor, purely consequential amendment to correct a cross-reference in the original...
  • Clause 4 - Personal medical services, personal dental services and local pharmaceutical services (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 92, in page 3, line 41, leave out ' ''behalf),'' ' and insert ' ''functions),'' '. This is another minor, consequential amendment. Clause 4 removes the current bar on...
  • Schedule 3 - Amendments relating to Personal Medical Services and Personal Dental Services (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 107, in page 59, line 13, at end insert— 'The 1977 Act In section 15 of the 1977 Act (duty of Health Authority in relation to family health services), in...
  • Clause 10 - Expenditure of NHS Bodies (10 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• NHS Reform & Health Care Professions, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
  • Clause 11 - Duty of quality (34 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 161, in page 17, line 3, at beginning insert— '(1) In subsection 18(1) of the 1999 Act (duty of quality), after the first word ''of'' there is inserted ''the...
  • Clause 12 - Further functions of the Commission for Health Improvement (69 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 155, in page 17, line 29, at end insert— '(3A) In subsection (2), at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted ''including co-ordinating visits to Primary Care...
• NHS Reform & Health Care Professions, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
  • Clause 12 - Further functions of the Commission for Health Improvement (10 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
  • Clause 13 - Commission for health improvement: inspections and investigations (46 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 124, in page 17, line 42, after 'providers' insert ', and persons who provide or are to provide health care for which NHS bodies or service providers have responsibility,'.
  • Clause 14 - Commission for health improvement: constitution (11 speeches)
    Question proposed, That clause 14 stand a part of the Bill.
  • Clause 15 - Establishments of patients' forums (46 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 163, in page 20, line 3, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert— ''(1) The Community Health Councils established for districts in England under section 20...
• NHS Reform & Health Care Professions Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
  • Clause16 - entry and inspection of premises (98 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 209, in page 21, line 5, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
• NHS Reform & Health Care Professions Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
  • Clause 16 - Entry and Inspection of Premises (11 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 156, in page 21, line 7, at end insert— ''( ) Health Authorities, ( ) Local Health Boards, ( ) local authorities,''.—[Ms Blears.]
  • Clause 17 - Annual Reports (24 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 212, in page 21, line 44, at end insert— ''(e) the Members of the House of Commons representing constituencies in the relevant locality.'' It gives me great...
  • Clause 18 - Supplementary (47 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 217, in page 22, line 40, at end insert— '(mm) the referral of matters of a prescribed description to— (i) any overview and scrutiny committee in...
  • Clause 19 - The commission for patient and public involvement in health (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 221, in page 24, line 8, at end insert— ''(3A) It is also the function of the Commission to monitor the performance by NHS bodies of their duty of public...
  • Schedule 6 - The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 158, in page 70, line 10, leave out from 'Commission' to end of line 11.
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  [MISS ANN WIDDECOMBE in the Chair]
  • Clause 23 - the council for the regulation of health care professionals (39 speeches)
    I understand that the Opposition want a stand part debate on clause 23, so I ask the Committee—indeed, I insist—that the three groups of amendments be debated according to the narrow...
  • Schedule 7 - The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals (73 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 255, in page 73, line 4, leave out 'regulatory body' and insert 'of the regulatory bodies referred to in section 23(3)(a) to (g)(i), and three members appointed by the...
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
  • Schedule 7 - The council for the regulation of health care professionals (30 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 228, in page 74, line 30, leave out 'on such conditions (if any)'.—[Mr. Heald.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 24 - Powers and duties of the Council: general (21 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 199, in page 29, line 19, leave out '(5)' and insert '(5A)'.—[Mr. Hutton.]
  • Clause 25 - Regulatory bodies and the Council (49 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 238, in page 30, line 37, after ''functions'', insert— ''take all reasonable steps to''.
  • Clause 26 - Complaints about regulatory bodies (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 239, in page 31, line 15, leave out paragraph (a).
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, 11th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
  • Clause 26 - Complaints about regulatory bodies (31 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [11 December]: No. 239, in page 31, line 15, to leave out paragraph (a)—[Mr. Heald.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 27 - Reference of disciplinary cases (21 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 202, in page 32, line 6, at end insert— '( ) a direction of the Statutory Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland under Article 20 of the Pharmacy...
  • Clause 28 - Medical practitioners (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 249, in page 34, line 16, at end add 'in whose sheriffdom the address in the register is situated'.
  • Clause 30 - Opticians (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 250, in page 36, line 43, at end add 'in whose sheriffdom the address in the register or (as the case may be) the registered office is situated'.—[Mr. Hutton.] Clause...
  • Clause 31 - Osteopaths (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 251, in page 37, line 17, leave out 'in Scotland, the sheriff' and insert 'in the case of a person whose address in the register is in Scotland, the sheriff in whose...
  • Clause 32 - Chiropractors (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 253, in page 38, line 46, leave out 'in Scotland, the sheriff' and insert 'in the case of a person whose address in the register is in Scotland, the sheriff in whose...
  • Clause 33 - Regulation of the profession of pharmacy (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 34 - Amendments of health service legislation in connection with consolidation (7 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 35 - Minor and consequential amendments (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 8 - Minor and consequential amendments (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 112, in page 78, line 37, after '40(4)', insert 'of this Act'.
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, 12th sitting (3 speeches)
  [Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
  • Schedule 8 - Minor and consequential amendments (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 114, in page 79, line 27, at end insert— 'In section 18 (duty of quality), in subsection (1), at the beginning there is inserted ''It is the duty of each...
  • Schedule 9 - Repeals (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 259, in page 81, line 5, at end insert— 'Health Services and Public Health Act 1968. In section 63(5B), the ''and'' at the end of paragraph (bb).'.
  • Clause 36 - Regulations and orders (6 speeches)
    I beg to move manuscript amendment (a), in page 41, line 22, after 'than' insert 'regulations under section 26 or'.
  • Clause 37 - Supplementary and consequential provision etc (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 257, in page 42, line 15, at end insert— ''including an enactment contained in an Act passed in the same session as this Act''. The amendment extends clause 37...
  • Clause 40 - Short title, interpretation,commencement and extent (9 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.