Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — New Clause 2 — Duty of The CHAI to Prepare Standards Guidance Relating to Health Care — 8 Jul 2003 at 17:45

Sandra Gidley MP, Romsey voted in the minority (Aye).

'(1) It shall be the duty of the CHAI to prepare guidance to assist in securing the raising of standards in health care.

(2) In preparing guidance for the purposes of subsection (1), the CHAI shall have regard to performance indicators relating to-

(a) the availability of, and access to, health care;

(b) the quality and effectiveness of the health care provided to patients; and

(c) the financial and other management of the delivery of the health care to patients.

(3) The CHAI must-

(a) lay a copy of any guidance prepared in accordance with the provisions of this section before Parliament, and

(b) once they have done so, send a copy of it to the Secretary of State.'.

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 189, Noes 344.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 132 (+2 tell)082.2%
DUP0 50100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 30100.0%
Lab341 (+2 tell) 0083.9%
LDem1 42081.1%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 1020.0%
UUP2 0066.7%
Total:344 189083.0%

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr David ChidgeyEastleighLDem (front bench)no

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