Health (Wales) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:30 am ar 12 Rhagfyr 2002.
Chris Grayling
Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Minister (Health)
Subsection (2) refers to
''the power to make further Orders varying or omitting any such reference in that Schedule.''
Will the Minister clarify whether that refers to orders made by the Welsh Assembly or to further orders to be made in this place?
Don Touhig
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
The National Assembly (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 transferred to the National Assembly various functions approved by the Secretary of State for Wales. As such, it set out the position at a particular time. Since 1999, the position has changed, and many of the Acts under which these functions were conferred have been amended. Indeed, the Bill amends the provisions of the National Health Service Act 1977.
That technical provision ensures that all amendments to the Bill will be carried through to the Transfer of Functions Order, thereby ensuring that the Assembly can undertake its functions in accordance with current legislation. Similar provisions affecting major amendments have appeared in other legislation—the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill 2001, for example. It is important and necessary to provide for the transfer of functions. I hope that that deals with the hon. Gentleman's point.
Chris Grayling
Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Minister (Health)
With respect, the Minister has not answered my question. Could further orders be dealt with as part of the Assembly's operations or would they still need to be framed by this House?
Don Touhig
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
Further changes would require an Order in Council; the Assembly could not deal with it
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 6 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 7 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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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.
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