Deregulation Bill

The effect of the new clause is to create a new light-touch form of authorisation for community g...

The Minister talks about alcohol harms, about which we are all concerned, but would not the new c...

I do not think that it will increase the consumption of alcohol; rather it will reduce unnecessar...

I welcome this sensible deregulatory move. The Minister keeps referring to small amounts of alcoh...

I am happy to help my hon. Friend. We are today looking at the principle of the establishment of ...

I should be grateful if the Minister updates the House when he gets that. My wife and I have ofte...

I hesitate to intervene in the Perkins’ household as to what a small amount of alcohol might be. ...

I am terribly enthusiastic about the Minister’s general all-party, cross-party approach to gettin...

That is a bit off my beat, if I may say so. Obviously, the Government believes in regulation wher...

I am interested in what the Minister has to say. Did the drinks industry contribute to the consul...

The drinks industry responded to the alcohol strategy. It would be astonishing if it had not done...

How will the law be tightened for holders of licences who sell alcohol to those who are under age...

Let me be clear that this is not an attempt to change the law relating to under-age alcohol sales...

Was there consultation with representatives of those who work in accident and emergency departmen...

There was certainly an open consultation on the alcohol strategy generally. I am well aware of th...

On that point—and it is a serious one, as those of us who have campaigned on the wrongful use of ...

As I mentioned a moment ago, if a bed-and-breakfast establishment offers alcohol to guests when t...

The Minister was not with us in Committee and so might not be aware that we had many discussions ...

I was with the hon. Lady not only in Committee but at the pre-legislative scrutiny stage, when I ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. As I am sure he is aware, when we heard evidence...

I do not doubt the Minister’s sincerity when he says that he is concerned about alcohol harm, but...

Let me respond first to the hon. Member for Luton North (Kelvin Hopkins). If he is going to judge...

In all kinds of ways, Britain seems to resist imposing rules that seem restrictive, but in the en...

I am in a long tradition of providing pragmatic answers to the problems that present themselves a...

I did not say that there had been no consultation on the alcohol strategy; I said that no discern...

With respect, the hon. Lady said both things and the record will show that. There was a consultat...

In my defence, I was opposed to what the previous Government did and I raised these matters with ...

I am almost tempted to say that that is a compliment, but that goes without saying and the hon. G...

I thank the Minister for giving way a second time, but once again his ascription to me of a lack ...

Indeed they did, and I think they made a very wise decision and that businesses and the public in...

I beg to move amendment 58, page 157, line 11, at end insert—

‘Mining Industry Act 1920 (c....

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government amendments 75 and 59.<...

This group contains amendments to schedule 18, which makes provision for repealing legislation th...

Hear, hear.

There is litigation about that at present and my hon. Friend, who is right to raise the issue, wi...

The problem is that the litigation has been going on for four years already. Of course there are ...

I agree to a considerable extent with the point that my hon. Friend makes. There is no question t...

I echo the pleasure that was expressed by the Solicitor-General at the reunion of the team that h...

I very much agree with the hon. Lady that the Law Commission does a fantastic job. It is preparin...

I thank the Solicitor-General for that clarification. However, I think that the House should focu...

Yes, forward thinking.

As my hon. Friend says, it was forward thinking. However, those 10 years have elapsed and we are ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah), and I a...

As my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) said, the Opposition h...

It would enable a normal commercial arrangement to be reached, but it would not do anything to st...

I am carefully following my hon. Friend’s logic and he is looking at two aspects: pay TV and sate...

All these matters need to be tackled, and my amendment seeks to say just that to the Government. ...

I will not speak for long as I am aware that one of my

forme...

I am most grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your service on the Joint Committee on Parli...

I commend the wise words of my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Mr Cash). He summarised the posi...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment 72, page 1, line 1, leave out clause 1.

New clause 2 deals with the wearing of safety helmets by the Sikh community in Northern Ireland. ...

Surely one of the cornerstones of British law is that everybody is equal in the face of it. Eithe...

An important history and a religious ethic applicable only to Sikhs are involved in this matter. ...

It is very generous of the Minister to offer the opportunity of a break in the proceedings. It wo...

Knowing that the House wants to know the answer, I give way. [Laughter.]

We are grateful to the Minister, particularly for his sensitivity to the sensibilities of colleag...