I should like to interrupt the noble Lord on that point. Schedule 3 says that an approved person would be permitted to take a sample of urine, but "approved person" means, ""a person having the necessary qualifications or experience who is approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph"."
The status of that person is not clear at all.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 25 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
711 c508GC 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-04-22 01:59:33 +0100
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_570698
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_570698
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_570698