To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the timetable for setting up local field offices of the NHS National Commissioning Board; and what will be their function (1) before the abolition of Primary Care Trusts, and (2) after their abolition.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the timetable for setting up local field offices of the NHS National Commissioning Board; and what will be their function (1) before the abolition of Primary Care Trusts, and (2) after their abolition.

Draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Community Infrastructure Levy Functions) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2918). Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. Agreed to on question. (Vote)

Draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Community Infrastructure Levy Functions) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2918). Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. Agreed to on question. (Vote)

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what functions not directly related to the functions of specialist commissioning and clinical commissioning groups they propose to transfer to the National Commissioning Board from bodies to be abolished under the Health and Social Care Bill; and what was the cost of providing those functions...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what functions not directly related to the functions of specialist commissioning and clinical commissioning groups they propose to transfer to the National Commissioning Board from bodies to be abolished under the Health and Social Care Bill; and what was the cost of providing those functions...

My Lords, I would add my words of welcome to the principles of research which have been supported by the Government. I know that the Minister has done much personally to promote this. In welcoming the Health Research Authority as a special health authority, I also echo the words: ““The...

My Lords, I would add my words of welcome to the principles of research which have been supported by the Government. I know that the Minister has done much personally to promote this. In welcoming the Health Research Authority as a special health authority, I also echo the words: ““The...

My Lords, I am delighted to continue. It is a punishment for coming a minute late that we have a Division half way through. While welcoming the special health authority, it is important to look at the order that has been referred to the Grand Committee. What we see, particularly...

My Lords, I am delighted to continue. It is a punishment for coming a minute late that we have a Division half way through. While welcoming the special health authority, it is important to look at the order that has been referred to the Grand Committee. What we see, particularly...

I should apologise to the noble Earl for burdening his day off from the health Bill during several weeks of hard work. I thank him for his detailed response and will reflect carefully on what he has said. Today’s debate will be useful when we debate this issue in the...

I should apologise to the noble Earl for burdening his day off from the health Bill during several weeks of hard work. I thank him for his detailed response and will reflect carefully on what he has said. Today’s debate will be useful when we debate this issue in the...

Before the noble Earl concludes his response to that question, I should like to raise the matter of ““any qualified provider””, how the all-England risk pool might relate to that, and whether there will be a research obligation and a research link in relation to the broad range of people...

Before the noble Earl concludes his response to that question, I should like to raise the matter of ““any qualified provider””, how the all-England risk pool might relate to that, and whether there will be a research obligation and a research link in relation to the broad range of people...

The NIHR has an obvious lever available to it, which is the funding that it provides. Clearly, if research is going on that is not NIHR-funded, that lever does not present itself.

The NIHR has an obvious lever available to it, which is the funding that it provides. Clearly, if research is going on that is not NIHR-funded, that lever does not present itself.

Health Research Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2323). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Health Research Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2323). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

My Lords, the precise arrangements for the CSND are being worked through at the moment. I will write to the noble Baroness on that. As I have described, the incentive relates directly to the NIHR funding but the benchmark is measured against other research and all studies that are going...

My Lords, the precise arrangements for the CSND are being worked through at the moment. I will write to the noble Baroness on that. As I have described, the incentive relates directly to the NIHR funding but the benchmark is measured against other research and all studies that are going...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Turnberg for introducing the debate on this order. As noble Lords know, this order establishes the Health Research Authority to facilitate and promote research related to the health service through the research ethics committee that will check that research proposals meet ethical...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Turnberg for introducing the debate on this order. As noble Lords know, this order establishes the Health Research Authority to facilitate and promote research related to the health service through the research ethics committee that will check that research proposals meet ethical...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Turnberg, for his positive comments on the creation of the HRA as a special health authority and welcome the opportunity of this debate to clarify the role of the authority on its establishment on 1 December. As I said last week when...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Turnberg, for his positive comments on the creation of the HRA as a special health authority and welcome the opportunity of this debate to clarify the role of the authority on its establishment on 1 December. As I said last week when...

My Lords, the noble Earl said that in future the NIHR will require trusts to have a 70-day limit on the time in which it can consider requests. Does that also reflect on non-NIHR-funded research from other organisations or is it only NIHR research?

My Lords, the noble Earl said that in future the NIHR will require trusts to have a 70-day limit on the time in which it can consider requests. Does that also reflect on non-NIHR-funded research from other organisations or is it only NIHR research?

That the Grand Committee do consider the Health Research Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2323).

That the Grand Committee do consider the Health Research Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2323).

My Lords, first, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Turnberg, for arriving one minute into his speech; I did not realise that the earlier business would have been dispatched so summarily this afternoon. I am grateful to him for introducing the debate and giving us an opportunity to address...

My Lords, first, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Turnberg, for arriving one minute into his speech; I did not realise that the earlier business would have been dispatched so summarily this afternoon. I am grateful to him for introducing the debate and giving us an opportunity to address...

My Lords, this instrument is to set up the Health Research Authority as a special health authority. The main reason given for taking this step rather than the primary legislation route is because there is some urgency in finding a home for the national research ethics committees that will soon...

My Lords, this instrument is to set up the Health Research Authority as a special health authority. The main reason given for taking this step rather than the primary legislation route is because there is some urgency in finding a home for the national research ethics committees that will soon...

Draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Community Infrastructure Levy Functions) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2918). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Community Infrastructure Levy Functions) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2918). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government (a) which Department of Health arm's-length bodies would be abolished under the Health and Social Care Bill; (b) which, if any, functions of those bodies will be transferred to the National Commissioning Board; and (c) what was the cost of providing those functions in the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government (a) which Department of Health arm's-length bodies would be abolished under the Health and Social Care Bill; (b) which, if any, functions of those bodies will be transferred to the National Commissioning Board; and (c) what was the cost of providing those functions in the...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their questions. I shall start with my answer to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy: 2015 is considered reasonable given that the first charges will start in the new year, 2012, and that time is needed to allow the...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their questions. I shall start with my answer to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy: 2015 is considered reasonable given that the first charges will start in the new year, 2012, and that time is needed to allow the...

My Lords, as a former member of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee, at times I take a keen interest in secondary legislation. This is in an area that I was involved in when I was on the Front Bench, so I have taken a particular interest in it. It...

My Lords, as a former member of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee, at times I take a keen interest in secondary legislation. This is in an area that I was involved in when I was on the Front Bench, so I have taken a particular interest in it. It...