Clause 39 - Payments in respect of optical appliances
Health Bill
5:45 pm
Caroline Flint (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Health), Department of Health; Don Valley, Labour)
We intend to make it a condition of receiving payments for optical vouchers that individuals or companies make available records relating to the transaction when required to do so by a PCT. Failure to comply with that condition would be sufficient reason for a PCT to refuse to make payments, as it could give grounds for concern that the money could not be accounted for and that there was, therefore, a clear risk that public funds were being misused. That is an important aspect of ensuring that the vouchers are used in a way that is above board and that the scheme is implemented properly.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 39 ordered to stand part of the Bill.