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Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Friday, 11 December 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Morris of Manchester. The answering member was Baroness Thornton.

Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

715 c1260-89

Session

2009-10

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill (HL).
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Thornton | 715 c1286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will return to Crown immunity and the inquiry in a moment. So far, more than £45 million...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 715 c1286 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister appreciate that it is unlikely that Crown immunity applied in Ireland when actions...

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Baroness Thornton | 715 c1285-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for that clarification, but he needs to address that issue in the Bill itsel...

Lord Morris of Manchester | 715 c1285 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. She may know that I have close links with the ex-service community; i...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 715 c1281-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think I am chancing my arm in saying that all of us in this Chamber approach the ...

Lord Morris of Manchester | 715 c1289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am deeply grateful to every participant in the debate, by no means least to my noble fri...

Lord Archer of Sandwell | 715 c1286 (Link to this contribution) I hope my noble friend does not think that I am being tiresome; I am grateful to her for giving way....

Baroness Thornton | 715 c1286-9 (Link to this contribution) The Government relieve suffering that they have no obligation to relieve in many different ways. Ind...

Lord Morris of Manchester | 715 c1260 (Link to this contribution) Moved By That this Bill be read a second time.

Lord Morris of Manchester | 715 c1260-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now read a second time. We are met to debate a measure con...

Lord Archer of Sandwell | 715 c1264-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, not for the first time, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Morris, not only on securing a...

Lord Low of Dalston | 715 c1270-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my voice in support of the Bill. However, I shall try to be brief. For a start, it i...

Lord Jenkin of Roding | 715 c1268-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House has had the privilege of listening to two very well informed speeches on this su...

Lord Archer of Sandwell | 715 c1273 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for giving way. I just make it clear that 5,000 documents were disc...

Lord Rooker | 715 c1272-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intend to be incredibly brief in supporting my noble friend Lord Morris. I spoke on 23 A...

Lord Rooker | 715 c1273-4 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. My noble and learned friend reminds me of that incident and the complaints made about it...

Baroness O'Cathain | 715 c1274-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have been moved to take part in the debate on the Bill because of the sheer quiet tenaci...

Baroness Masham of Ilton | 715 c1276-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I went to the Printed Paper Office and asked for the contaminated blood Bill, a Membe...

Baroness Barker | 715 c1278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the House for the opportunity to speak in the gap today. I shall confine myself to...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 715 c1279-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Morris, for his tireless work, and to the nobl...

Baroness Thornton | 715 c1283-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Morris on this Bill and on the excellent and moving wa...

Subjects

Compensation

Crown immunity

Dependants

Contamination

Blood

Diseases

Donors

HIV infection

Haemophilia

Hepatitis

Widowed people

CJD

Blood Products Laboratory

Veterans

Legislation

Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill (HL) 2009-10

Link

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