Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

My Lords, in moving Amendment 28ZDC I shall also speak to Amendment 28ZDD.

Amendment 28ZDC ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords for their amendments to the inspection plans clause, to which I...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response. I certainly do not propose to press the...

My Lords, listening to the Minister, I felt rather sad that I was going to stand up and say what ...

My Lords, I look forward to the Minister’s response. I am bound to say to the noble Baroness, wit...

My Lords, I will also try to reassure the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross. Under the new governan...

My Lords, Clause 60 strengthens primary authority inspection plans. Its effect is to make it bind...

My Lords, I thank the Minister, who has reassured me to some extent. I am not brave enough to arg...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

28ZE: Clause 61, page 58, line 34, leave out from...

My Lords, these three government amendments, have the effect of removing new Section 47(2B) of th...

My Lords, we are happy to support these amendments. They seek to remove a very extensive power wh...

I welcome this, and ask the Minister to carry back the message that it is extremely valuable for ...

First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, for his support in this respect. I also take note o...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

28ZF: Clause 61, page 59, line 5, leave out “, (2...

My Lords, I have listened with interest to the exchange that we have just had, but it really does...

My Lords, there is a balance in these cases. I accept the points that the noble Baroness, Lady Tu...

I apologise for interrupting so early in the noble Baroness’s speech, but it is important to say ...

I am grateful for the intervention by the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker. Unfortunately, that was ...

My Lords, I added my name in support of my noble friend’s proposition that Clause 61 should not s...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the author of a report in 2009 to the then Secretary of State ...

My Lords, I draw the Committee’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Interests. I a...

My Lords, I was at the point in my argument where I was making the case for the basis for this ch...

My Lords, I rise to support the question put by the noble Baroness, Lady Turner, and to follow so...

My Lords, as a former head of bits of HSE policy, I want to say that this clause undermines the m...

My Lords, we support the question on clause stand part from my noble friend Lady Turner, and I am...

My Lords, I have listened very carefully to the debate this afternoon. I understand the concerns ...

Will the noble Lord confirm that the noble Lord, Lord Young, did not touch on the matter of Claus...

I would need to refer back to the report to give the noble Baroness a full answer. Indeed I shall...

At the heart of the noble Viscount’s argument there are general arguments about numbers. The Heal...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne, for that intervention. I shall answer his questions in a mom...

If the Government’s case is that there was consultation and that Professor Löfstedt undertook tha...

As has been mentioned earlier, we are following the vast bulk of his recommendations.

I shall try not to prolong this, because I know that the Minister has a lot to get through and th...

In answer to the noble Lord, I would say that it is not black and white that we followed all the ...

I am sorry, but we are dealing with some very important points here. On this mantra that most cla...

It is clear that the vast majority of cases will be covered by negligence and that a small number...

The noble Viscount referred to my use of “nebulous”. If I remember correctly, that is the Governm...

I have certainly noted the point that the noble Lord has made. I was clearly of the understanding...

In responding to the Minister, I begin by thanking everybody who has participated. We had an exce...

My Lords, this may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn until Wednesday at 3.45 pm...