Health Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.
Health Bill [HL]
Debate on bills on Wednesday, 4 February 2009,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Darzi of Denham.
The answering
member was Earl Howe.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
707 c671-756
Session
2008-09
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Health Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 18-EN also published. (Lords Minutes).
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Bills
House of Lords
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Tonge | 707 c678-81 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have struggled for quite a while to find an opening line, which is always terribly impor...
Baroness Emerton | 707 c681-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to take part in the Second Reading of the Health Bill. Last yea...
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Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 707 c683-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I must admit that I was tempted to set aside my speech after listening to the noble Barone...
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c671 (Link to this contribution)
That the Bill be read a second time.
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c671-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Bill contains important measures to increase the quality of NHS care, to raise the per...
Lord Naseby | 707 c676-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I believe in the National Health Service. I married into it, my family have worked in it, ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 707 c727-30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton. I think that I s...
Baroness Masham of Ilton | 707 c724-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have great admiration for the hard work that the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, has undertaken ...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 707 c724 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, my Lords, a lot of small shops are run by people from the Commonwealth who provide a good servi...
Lord Selsdon | 707 c734-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is extraordinarily difficult for me to know where to begin, so I think I will begin wit...
Baroness Goudie | 707 c732-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I speak on this occasion in support of the Bill. I am particularly delighted that my noble...
Lord Tomlinson | 707 c739-41 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by congratulating my noble friend Lord Darzi on being the driving force behind cha...
Lord Selsdon | 707 c737 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do need a bit of help, because this is what people do now. I say, ““Isn’t there anything...
Lord Monson | 707 c737-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Selsdon, is a very difficult act to follow, as always. I am sure that...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 707 c712-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I know that this Bill comes to us with the best of intentions and, indeed, I agree with so...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 707 c710-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I always have two main interests in any health Bill in your Lordships’ House. My first int...
Baroness Wilkins | 707 c717-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, today the quality of contribution from what has been called the ““mobile Bench”” has reach...
Baroness Golding | 707 c715-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, because of my great age, I first came into the health service a long time ago, when it fir...
Baroness Greengross | 707 c720-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and a vice-p...
Earl of Liverpool | 707 c719-20 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I believe that there are some good aspirations and proposals in Parts 1 and 2 of the Bill ...
Lord Rea | 707 c722 (Link to this contribution)
That’s wrong.
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 707 c722-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that is for a family of four. Four times 1,700 is 6,800, I believe. The service is paid fo...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 707 c695-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am slightly nervous about standing up, after what the noble Baroness said about the clar...
Baroness Murphy | 707 c693-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to concentrate in my contribution today on quality accounts; but before I do, I wou...
Lord Rea | 707 c691-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow such a useful, moving and amusing speech. On behalf of th...
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 707 c689-91 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, will forgive me: weather conditions make it diffic...
Lord Tugendhat | 707 c687-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest at the outset as I work in the National Health Service. Before sayin...
Lord Walton of Detchant | 707 c707-10 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas of Winchester, for her kind words. I...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 707 c702-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I also welcome the Bill. Obviously, it could have contained everything else—obesity, alcoh...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 707 c705-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as an honorary vice-president of the Muscular Dystrophy C...
Baroness Meacher | 707 c699-700 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I broadly support the Bill, although I believe that there are one or two areas where minor...
Lord Turnberg | 707 c700-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I appreciate the wise contributions of the three noble Baronesses who preceded me; what th...
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c749-51 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for a lively and informed discussion. It has become customary to decla...
Earl Howe | 707 c746-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am sure that the Minister will have been gratified by the general content and tone of th...
Baroness Barker | 707 c743-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, on bringing forward his first Bill for consider...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 707 c741-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have had an informed and interesting debate, but time is going on, so I shall confine m...
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c752-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will be more than happy to come back to that. I cannot commit to a date while standing i...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 707 c752 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, is it possible for a date to be given?
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c751-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, obviously the confusion continues. We are committed to single-sex accommodation, as we hav...
Lord Naseby | 707 c751 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, just so that we are all quite clear on the subject of mixed-sex wards, the Minister said, ...
Lord Palmer | 707 c730-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I take part in today’s debate on this Bill with a degree of trepidation. As a resident of ...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 707 c722 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the National Health Service is a great service, but it is 60 years old. I have previously ...
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