Schedule 3
Health Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Stephen O'Brien (Shadow Minister, Health; Eddisbury, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment 184, in schedule 3, page 49, line 36, at end insert—
‘(2) The amendments made by this Schedule apply to a condition occurring at any time in the person’s appointment which satisfies the Secretary of State as a condition for suspension.’.
Here we arrive at the exciting point about paragraph 19, establishing that the changes here are retrospective in that they impact on anyone appointed at the time the Act comes into force, regardless of when they were appointed. This is a probing amendment to find out whether the legislation will operate retrospectively on grounds for a suspension that may have arisen in the past but may no longer be present, or will suspension be an option only on grounds for suspension that arise after this legislation comes into force? The related question is whether the Minister currently has any non-executives in his sights for when the provision comes into force.