This may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn until next Monday at 3.30 pm.

This may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn until next Monday at 3.30 pm.

I thank the noble Baroness for that answer. It is important that there is transparency right from the beginning about the CQC’s funding and the way in which that funding relates to its functions, objectives and priorities. I hear what the noble Baroness says about the notification process. However, I...

I thank the noble Baroness for that answer. It is important that there is transparency right from the beginning about the CQC’s funding and the way in which that funding relates to its functions, objectives and priorities. I hear what the noble Baroness says about the notification process. However, I...

moved Amendment No. 53A: 53A: Clause 16, page 8, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) impose requirements on registered social care service providers to comply with codes of practice issued by the General Social Care Council under section 62(1)(b) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) (codes of...

moved Amendment No. 53A: 53A: Clause 16, page 8, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) impose requirements on registered social care service providers to comply with codes of practice issued by the General Social Care Council under section 62(1)(b) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) (codes of...

Amendments Nos. 53A and 65 relate to the General Social Care Council. Amendment No. 53A seeks to make it a regulatory requirement for registered providers to comply with the GSCC codes of practice. Amendment No. 65 would require the Care Quality Commission to notify the GSCC when it has taken...

Amendments Nos. 53A and 65 relate to the General Social Care Council. Amendment No. 53A seeks to make it a regulatory requirement for registered providers to comply with the GSCC codes of practice. Amendment No. 65 would require the Care Quality Commission to notify the GSCC when it has taken...

moved Amendment No. 51: 51: Clause 16, page 8, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) impose requirements as to the provision of information on the number of admissions and discharges from compulsory powers under the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) and the numbers of deaths of detained patients.””...

moved Amendment No. 51: 51: Clause 16, page 8, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) impose requirements as to the provision of information on the number of admissions and discharges from compulsory powers under the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) and the numbers of deaths of detained patients.””...

I have listened with great care and enormous interest to the Minister. I shall certainly suggest to both the Consumers’ Association and Age Concern that they take up what she has said and scrutinise the Bill to make absolutely sure that it will be all right as far as nutrition...

I have listened with great care and enormous interest to the Minister. I shall certainly suggest to both the Consumers’ Association and Age Concern that they take up what she has said and scrutinise the Bill to make absolutely sure that it will be all right as far as nutrition...

No, not the Healthcare Commission, I beg your pardon.

No, not the Healthcare Commission, I beg your pardon.

Not the Healthcare Commission?

Not the Healthcare Commission?

Perhaps I may correct a slip of the tongue in my opening remarks. I said that I had overdosed on Amendment No. 96, but of course there is no Amendment No. 96 in this group; I meant to refer to Amendment No. 91.

Perhaps I may correct a slip of the tongue in my opening remarks. I said that I had overdosed on Amendment No. 96, but of course there is no Amendment No. 96 in this group; I meant to refer to Amendment No. 91.

I have some sympathy with these amendments, as my amendments in the following group might indicate. My name is not on these amendments solely because I have one or two questions for the noble Lord, Lord Warner. He said in his introductory remarks that he was completely sold on a...

I have some sympathy with these amendments, as my amendments in the following group might indicate. My name is not on these amendments solely because I have one or two questions for the noble Lord, Lord Warner. He said in his introductory remarks that he was completely sold on a...

I am grateful to my noble friend for at least a little more than half a loaf in this area; indeed, it would be churlish of me not to recognise that I have about two-thirds of a loaf. However—there is always a ““however””—there is a real issue about Amendment No....

I am grateful to my noble friend for at least a little more than half a loaf in this area; indeed, it would be churlish of me not to recognise that I have about two-thirds of a loaf. However—there is always a ““however””—there is a real issue about Amendment No....

I support the amendments with a pessimistic heart, given the reception for the previous group of amendments. I support the noble Baroness particularly on Amendment No. 30, because in many cases local authorities have shut up shop and gone home when it comes to assessing the needs of older people...

I support the amendments with a pessimistic heart, given the reception for the previous group of amendments. I support the noble Baroness particularly on Amendment No. 30, because in many cases local authorities have shut up shop and gone home when it comes to assessing the needs of older people...

I had not intended to speak on the amendment, but I am so peeved at some of the Government’s reaction on the previous amendment that I want to draw a parallel between this amendment and Amendment No. 29. I want to return to the issue of a risk-based regulatory system....

I had not intended to speak on the amendment, but I am so peeved at some of the Government’s reaction on the previous amendment that I want to draw a parallel between this amendment and Amendment No. 29. I want to return to the issue of a risk-based regulatory system....

I support this group of amendments. In my view, we come to the absolute nub of the role of the Care Quality Commission and its ability to act as a quality improver of NHS and other service providers. I reiterate what the noble Lord, Lord Warner, said. It seems to...

I support this group of amendments. In my view, we come to the absolute nub of the role of the Care Quality Commission and its ability to act as a quality improver of NHS and other service providers. I reiterate what the noble Lord, Lord Warner, said. It seems to...

I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 54 and 55, which are in this group. My noble friend Lady Knight ably and persuasively drew our attention to an issue which is of immense significance for the health of the nation. I should like to supplement what she said with a few...

I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 54 and 55, which are in this group. My noble friend Lady Knight ably and persuasively drew our attention to an issue which is of immense significance for the health of the nation. I should like to supplement what she said with a few...

I had not wished to intervene at this stage and I am waiting for a later part of the Bill, but I cannot understand what the noble Earl is driving at. The criticism that I have heard from people within the care profession is that there is an insufficiently clear...

I had not wished to intervene at this stage and I am waiting for a later part of the Bill, but I cannot understand what the noble Earl is driving at. The criticism that I have heard from people within the care profession is that there is an insufficiently clear...

Perhaps I may help on a point of clarification. Those requirements were debated at considerable length during the passage of the Care Standards Bill and they came from some building regulations which pre-dated that Bill by a very long way. Much of the initial discussion was fuelled by the issue...

Perhaps I may help on a point of clarification. Those requirements were debated at considerable length during the passage of the Care Standards Bill and they came from some building regulations which pre-dated that Bill by a very long way. Much of the initial discussion was fuelled by the issue...

moved Amendment No. 39: 39: Clause 6, page 3, line 24, after ““registered”” insert ““or working for a registered organisation”” The noble Earl said: In the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and at her express request, I shall move Amendment No. 39. It is a probing amendment about...

moved Amendment No. 39: 39: Clause 6, page 3, line 24, after ““registered”” insert ““or working for a registered organisation”” The noble Earl said: In the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and at her express request, I shall move Amendment No. 39. It is a probing amendment about...

Perhaps I may make a few remarks based on my experience before and after the 1997 election of introducing the Human Rights Bill, as it was, to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights. At the time I was a policy adviser for the then Home Secretary. It was never...

Perhaps I may make a few remarks based on my experience before and after the 1997 election of introducing the Human Rights Bill, as it was, to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights. At the time I was a policy adviser for the then Home Secretary. It was never...

moved Amendment No. 40: 40: Clause 13, page 6, line 4, at end insert— ““( ) on the ground of persistent failure to adequately improve services following adverse periodic or special reviews under section 42 or section 44;”” The noble Lord said: This amendment is very much linked to the...

moved Amendment No. 40: 40: Clause 13, page 6, line 4, at end insert— ““( ) on the ground of persistent failure to adequately improve services following adverse periodic or special reviews under section 42 or section 44;”” The noble Lord said: This amendment is very much linked to the...