Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
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;...
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;...
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...
[Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
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.]
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)...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[MR. ALAN HURST in the Chair]
Question proposed [27 November], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
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...
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...
[Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
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...
Question proposed, That this schedule be the Fourth schedule to the Bill.
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...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 115, in page 5, line 32, leave out '(1A)' and insert '(1ZA)'.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
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...
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...
[Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
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,'.
Question proposed, That clause 14 stand a part of the Bill.
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...
[Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 209, in page 21, line 5, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
[Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
Amendment moved [this day]: No. 156, in page 21, line 7, at end insert— ''( ) Health Authorities, ( ) Local Health Boards, ( ) local authorities,''.—[Ms Blears.]
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...
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...
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...
I beg to move amendment No. 158, in page 70, line 10, leave out from 'Commission' to end of line 11.
[MISS ANN WIDDECOMBE in the Chair]
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...
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...
[Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
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.
Amendment made: No. 199, in page 29, line 19, leave out '(5)' and insert '(5A)'.—[Mr. Hutton.]
I beg to move amendment No. 238, in page 30, line 37, after ''functions'', insert— ''take all reasonable steps to''.
I beg to move amendment No. 239, in page 31, line 15, leave out paragraph (a).
[Mr. Alan Hurst in the Chair]
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.
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...
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'.
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...
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...
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...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 112, in page 78, line 37, after '40(4)', insert 'of this Act'.
[Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
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...
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).'.
I beg to move manuscript amendment (a), in page 41, line 22, after 'than' insert 'regulations under section 26 or'.
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...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
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