Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:45 pm on 17 January 2008.
Jimmy Hood
Labour, Lanark and Hamilton East
2:45,
17 January 2008
With this it will be convenient to discuss new Clause 15—Failings by English NHS bodies —
‘(1) Following a review under section 42 or 45, or a review or investigation under Section 44, the Commission must inform the Secretary of State if it considers that—
(a) there are significant failings in relation to the provision of health care by or pursuant to arrangements made by an English NHS body,
(b) there are significant failings in the running of an English NHS body, or
(c) there are significant failings in the running of a body, or the practice of an individual, providing healthcare pursuant to arrangements made by an English NHS body.
(2) The commission may also recommend to the Secretary of State that, with a view to remedying those failings, the Secretary of State take special measures—
(a) in a case falling within subsection (1)(a) or (b), in relation to the NHS body concerned
(b) in a case falling within (1)(c), in relation to the body or individual concerned.’.
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Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
