Clause 18 - Supplementary

Part of NHS Reform & Health Care Professions Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:15 pm on 6 December 2001.

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Photo of Evan Harris Evan Harris Liberal Democrat, Oxford West and Abingdon 3:15, 6 December 2001

I accept that I did not clarify amendments Nos. 218 and 219 very carefully, and I would like briefly to do so now. I think that the Minister understands them, so I will deal with her response.

The Minister maintains that clause 18(2)(m) will deal with my concern. My concern, however, is that there needs to be a duty—and regulations need to be available—for such bodies to respond to reports by patients forums. Clause 18(2)(m) refers only to regulations on the preparation and publication of reports by patients forums, not responses to them.