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2005-06

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Department of Health

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House of Lords Grand Committee

Health Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 76-EN also published.
Wednesday, 15 February 2006
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Baroness Cumberlege | 682 c270-1GC (Link to this contribution) I supporting this amendment and, again, I do so with the intention of lightening the bureaucratic bu...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c274GC (Link to this contribution) I am told that the 48 hours is there for the patients’ benefit, enabling them to have a friend or re...

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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c268GC (Link to this contribution) I am glad that you know what I mean. There should be vision screening by an orthoptist or a school n...

Baroness Cumberlege | 682 c268GC (Link to this contribution) We know what you mean.

Earl Howe | 682 c284-5GC (Link to this contribution) In common, I am sure, with other noble Lords, I was grateful for the letter sent by the noble Lord, ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c284GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104A:"Page 63, line 2, at end insert ““, and" (e) (except for section 35(2))...

Earl Howe | 682 c278-9GC (Link to this contribution) This is not a controversial clause, but one particular issue arises from it about information that m...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c279GC (Link to this contribution) The clause outlines the circumstances in which information obtained using powers set out in this par...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c280-1GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 50 provides special protection for information obtained from personal records and from which ...

Earl Howe | 682 c281-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 99:"Page 53, line 9, leave out subsection (6)." The noble Earl said: Though we ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c282-3GC (Link to this contribution) Clauses 57, 59 and 60 make provision for the appointments commission to exercise much of the appoint...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c276GC (Link to this contribution) The amendment would include in the Bill an example of a specific service that a primary care trust m...

Earl Howe | 682 c274-5GC (Link to this contribution) I will back up what my noble friend has said. She and I have read the same impassioned article in Op...

Earl Howe | 682 c277GC (Link to this contribution) I should find it extremely helpful if the Minister could outline to the Committee the nature of the ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c277-8GC (Link to this contribution) In essence, the noble Earl is asking why this legislation is needed. He is absolutely correct to say...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c272GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 92 would include a specific reference to people who are unable to get to an optical pr...

Baroness Cumberlege | 682 c274GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, I am very relieved to hear that there is no third list, as I understo...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c274GC (Link to this contribution) There is an awful lot of sense in what the noble Baroness has said. I will seek further clarificatio...

Baroness Barker | 682 c269GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Earl. He will choose what to do with his amendment, but should he wish to press ...

Earl Howe | 682 c268-9GC (Link to this contribution) I feel I must take up what the Minister said about decades of neglect of the National Health Service...

Baroness Barker | 682 c265-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 91:"Page 31, line 15, leave out from ““all”” to end of line 23 and insert ““pers...

Lord Brabazon of Tara | 682 c266GC (Link to this contribution) I should point out that if this amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment No. 92.

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c284GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 102:"Page 60, line 41, after ““4,”” insert ““5,””" On Question, amendment agree...

Earl Howe | 682 c283-4GC (Link to this contribution) Those reassurances are welcome. I am grateful to the Minister for them, in particular for her reassu...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c285-7GC (Link to this contribution) There is a convention that the provisions of an Act of Parliament should not normally be commenced u...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c288GC (Link to this contribution) As the noble Baroness correctly points out, businesses are already adapting their practices. However...

Earl Howe | 682 c279GC (Link to this contribution) That is a very helpful clarification, and I am grateful to the Minister. She did not comment specifi...

Baroness Barker | 682 c275GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 95:"Page 33, line 24, at end insert—" ““( ) services such as a glaucoma re...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c278GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 97:"Page 43, line 9, at end insert ““made by the appropriate national authority”...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c276GC (Link to this contribution) As the noble Baroness will understand, the exact timetable is up to Ministers and I cannot comment. ...

Baroness Murphy | 682 c271-2GC (Link to this contribution) I support the amendments in this group. The noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, has outlined very clear...

Baroness Barker | 682 c272GC (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment put forward by the noble Earl, Lord Howe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Cumbe...

Baroness Murphy | 682 c272GC (Link to this contribution) I was most concerned with getting fresh, new, up-to-date provision for sight tests.

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c272-4GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that clarification, but it is important to note that it is much easie...

Baroness Cumberlege | 682 c274GC (Link to this contribution) I do not quite understand that. If a patient wants an eye test, surely he or she can get a friend th...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c266-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for her very positive comments about the efficienc...

Baroness Cumberlege | 682 c268GC (Link to this contribution) I put my name to Amendment No. 93. As I understand it, last year 2.53 million children received the ...

Baroness Barker | 682 c268GC (Link to this contribution) Do health visitors still do rudimentary eye tests on small children? Is that part of their casework?...

Earl Howe | 682 c269-70GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 92:"Page 31, line 15, after ““persons”” insert ““including such persons as are p...

Earl Howe | 682 c266GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Amendment No. 93 in this group. It has a very special purpose, which is to ensure t...

Baroness Barker | 682 c287-8GC (Link to this contribution) When the Minister does that, could she furnish us with an example of what the Government are trying ...

Earl Howe | 682 c280GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 98:"Page 45, line 23, leave out ““member of the public”” and insert ““person to ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c279-80GC (Link to this contribution) I regret that I will have to do that in writing, but I will do so with the utmost urgency. Clause 4...

Earl Howe | 682 c281GC (Link to this contribution) That is very good news. I am very grateful to the noble Baroness and her officials for considering t...

Baroness Barker | 682 c276GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her reply, which I took to be generally supportive of what I am trying to a...

Earl Howe | 682 c278GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply, which was, as I anticipated, helpfully illuminating. I shall co...

Baroness Barker | 682 c276-7GC (Link to this contribution) That is extremely helpful and encouraging. In view of what the Minister said, I beg leave to withdra...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c268GC (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, home visits and community development ensure that there is proper early detection...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 682 c268GC (Link to this contribution) I shall have to write to the noble Baroness about whether such tests are a matter of routine. Howeve...

Subjects

Children

Disclosure of information

Fraud

Health

Health hazards

Personal records

Public appointments

Older people

Ophthalmic services

Testing

Appointments Commission

Glaucoma

Legislation

Health Bill 2005-06

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