Clause 31 - Power to charge
Health Bill
4:00 pm
Steve Webb (Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Health; Northavon, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 121, in clause 31, page 26, leave out lines 20 to 40 and insert
‘(1)The Secretary of State may give directions to a Primary Care Trust requiring it to charge a fee to persons who make an application referred to in section 42(2)(c)(i) or (ii) to the Primary Care Trust.
(2)The Secretary of State shall in the directions specify the fee to be charged, which may vary according to the type of application being made but not according to the place in England where it is made.
(3)Before determining the amount of any fee to be charged the Secretary of State must consult such organisations as he thinks fit that appear to him to represent persons providing pharmaceutical services and such organisations as he thinks fit that appear to him to represent Primary Care Trusts.
(4)The Secretary of State must publish in such manner as he thinks fit any directions he gives under this section.’.