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Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 23:"Page 15, line 20, leave out from first ““The”” to ““appearing”” in line 21 and insert ““descriptions of bodies, or bodies, that may be so prescribed are descriptions of bodies, or bodies,””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, government Amendments Nos. 26 and 27 have been tabled to meet concerns raised in Grand Committee about the authorised persons who can enter and inspect an individual’s home in relation to securing the safe, appropriate and effective management of controlled drugs. Government Amendment No. 26 limits when an authorised person for the purposes of Clause 20 can enter relevant premises which are or form part of a private dwelling. It ensures that an authorised person may enter such premises only if accompanied by a constable or in such other circumstances as may be prescribed by regulations. Government Amendment No. 27 is purely consequential. Amendment No. 26 contains a power to prescribe circumstances in regulations where an authorised person would not need to be accompanied by a constable. This is quite simply to ensure that if, for example, a medical practitioner’s surgery is separate from their private dwelling but needs to be accessed through the private dwelling—through a shared hallway, for example—it would be possible not to require the presence of a constable. It would also be appropriate to use the power to exclude care homes from the requirement. Whilst they can properly be classed as a private dwelling, because they are already inspected by the Commission for Social Care Inspection it would seem illogical to require the presence of a constable in these specific circumstances. Amendments Nos. 23, 24, 25, 28 and 29 are merely minor drafting and technical in nature. I beg to move.