division_name: Health and Social Care Bill &#8212; <i>Report (2nd Day)</i>
motion: <p class="italic" pid="a.599.0/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Amendment 18</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.599.0/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"> Moved by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath</p>
  
  <p pid="a.599.0/3" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"><b>18:</b> After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause-</p>
  
  <p pid="a.599.0/4" pwmotiontext="quot">"The Secretary of State's duty as to preventing bureaucracy</p>
  
  <p pid="a.599.0/5" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">After section 1F of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert-</p>
  
  <p pid="a.599.0/6" pwmotiontext="quot">"1G Duty as to preventing bureaucracy</p>
  
  <p pid="a.599.0/7" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">In exercising functions in relation to the health service, the Secretary of State must, so far as in consistent with the interests of the health service, act with a view to securing-</p>
  
  <p pid="a.599.0/8" pwmotiontext="lines">(a) that the NHS Commissioning Board shall exercise its functions in relation to the health service with a minimum level of management tiers, and</p>
  
  <p pid="a.599.0/9" pwmotiontext="lines">(b) that any other person exercising functions in relation to the health service must have regard to the need to curb bureaucracy.""</p>