Care Bill [HL]

My Lords, the changes that the Government have made concerning assessments are very welcome. I pa...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Government’s Amendments 33, 39 and 40. So far as Amendments 39 ...

My Lords, Amendment 41 is a probing amendment, so I will speak briefly. Before I say anything els...

My Lords, I welcome how far the Minister has moved from Committee to today. I hope that noble Lor...

My Lords, I generally support these government amendments, and thank the Minister for introducing...

My Lords, this large group of amendments reflects issues that we covered extensively in Committee...

My Lords, I am grateful for the support that noble Lords have given to the government amendments....

Moved by

Earl Howe

33: Clause 9, page 8, line 36, at end insert—

“( ) When carr...

Moved by

Earl Howe

36: Clause 10, page 9, line 21, leave out paragraph (f)

37: ...

Moved by

Earl Howe

39: Clause 12, page 10, line 39, leave out from “which” to “jointl...

Moved by

Earl Howe

42: Clause 12, page 11, line 23, leave out subsection (5) and inse...

Moved by

Earl Howe

45: Clause 13, page 12, line 1, leave out paragraph (b)

Moved by

Earl Howe

49: Clause 14, page 13, line 13, at end insert “; and the regulati...

In moving Amendment 49, I wish to speak also to the other government amendments in this group, Am...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 55 on top-ups and comment, also briefly, on the prop...

My Lords, I welcome the noble Earl’s amendments. As we start another day on Report I should decla...

My Lords, as the self-appointed keeper to this House of the Dilnot tablets, I support Amendments ...

My Lords, first, I add my voice in support of Amendment 55, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord L...

My Lords, first, I turn to Amendment 55, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, which concer...

Before the Minister sits down, is he satisfied that, without the amendment of the noble Lord, Lor...

I can reassure my noble and learned friend that, if we look at the arrangements we are proposing ...

Moved by

Earl Howe

50: Clause 14, page 13, line 13, at end insert—

“( ) Regulat...

Moved by

Earl Howe

51: Clause 17, page 15, line 14, leave out “provide that where” an...

Moved by

Earl Howe

57: Clause 19, page 17, line 5, at end insert—

“( ) A local ...

My Lords, I assure the House that the Government are in agreement with the intentions behind the ...

My Lords, while I welcome Amendment 57, I want to set out the case for the Minister going a good ...

I support the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Warner, about this amendment. We know that th...

My Lords, I spoke about this issue when we debated the gracious Speech, at Second Reading and in ...

My Lords, I declare all my interests in this field, which are listed. These amendments are incred...

My Lords, I very much welcome government Amendment 57. Of course, I have supported the recommenda...

My Lords, we welcome another opportunity to consider the very important issue of how people are c...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for expressing their views on this important subject so el...

I thought I had a right to respond to the noble Earl on Amendment 137.

It was the noble Earl’s amendment. Can we go back to it? We cannot.

Clause 20: Duty and pow...

Moved by

Earl Howe

59: Clause 24, page 21, line 1, leave out subsection (3) and inser...

Moved by

Earl Howe

62: Clause 25, page 22, line 20, leave out subsection (11) and ins...

Moved by

Lord Lipsey

62A: Clause 35, page 29, line 27, at end insert—

“( ) Regu...

My Lords, am I speaking at the right time on the right subject?

Yes.

That is a great relief to me. I will come to the narrow-ish point in the amendments shortly but I...

My Lords, this is an important subject. Clause 34 provides for deferred payment agreements and lo...

My Lords, I rise again as the keeper of the Dilnot tablets on the subject of deferred payments. I...

I do not understand why it is necessary to have any kind of limit in relation to this matter so l...

My Lords, I rise only to ask a question. I agree with the noble Lords, Lord Warner and Lord Lipse...

My Lords, perhaps it would help the House if the character from Hogwarts actually explained what ...

My Lords, perhaps I may deal first with the initial point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, ...

Perhaps I may correct the noble Earl. We actually referred to a universal and standard scheme. We...

I shall come on to the standard scheme proposal in a moment. We need to ensure that this arrangem...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. On the first two of the three legs of his argument...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

63: Clause 35, page 30, line 12, at end insert—

My Lords, I share my noble friend’s concern about what we have heard tonight. From what the noble...

Moved by

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton (CB)

63ZA: Clause 37, page 31, line 39, at end...

My Lords, I shall speak also to government Amendment 63A and my Amendment 63B. Before I begin, pl...

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendments, particularly because of their implication for h...

My Lords, these are mostly technical amendments, which we support. We are especially pleased that...

My Lords, the Care Bill will for the first time introduce a duty on local authorities to ensure t...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords and the noble Baronesses, Lady Wheeler and Lady O’Loan, for speakin...

Moved by

Earl Howe

63A: Clause 37, page 31, line 44, at end insert—

“(8A) Pendi...

Moved by

Earl Howe

64: Clause 39, page 34, line 1, after “authority” insert “in Engla...

Moved by

Earl Howe

68: Schedule 1, page 101, line 42, leave out “in a case within any...

Moved by

Baroness Greengross

76: After Clause 40, insert the following new Clause—