Care Bill [HL]

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

168B: After Clause 109, line 14, at end insert—

My Lords, I beg to move my Amendment 168B as an amendment to Amendment 168A moved by the noble Ea...

My Lords, I have hesitated to speak before about the Lewisham situation, partly because I believe...

My Lords, although I am Lord Warner of Brockley in the London Borough of Lewisham, I do not inten...

My Lords, in part, I support the Minister because, as the noble Lord, Lord Warner, said, the Gove...

My Lords, although I sit in this House as Lord Kennedy of Southwark, I actually live in Lewisham,...

My Lords, I find myself in a strange position, because I agree in part with the amendment moved b...

My Lords, there is of course quite a long process still to be gone through on the Bill. As the no...

My Lords, during the deliberations on the Health and Social Care Bill, we spent a considerable am...

My Lords, the matters we have debated today are of great significance. Of course—and I need to ma...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and other noble Lords who have spoken in what has been an...

My Lords, I am more than willing to have discussions between now and Third Reading but I suggest ...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Earl. It would, however, be possible for him not to mov...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. However, as I indicated, this is a pressing and urgent matter. W...

My Lords, in view of that, I wish to test the opinion of the House.

Moved by

Earl Howe

142: After Clause 82, insert the following new Clause—

“Chie...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 142, I shall speak to the other government amendments in this group...

My Lords, I express my concern about the provisions of subsection (4) of the Government’s new cla...

My Lords, I will speak against government Amendments 145, 146 and 149, and speak at the same time...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly against Amendments 145, 146 and 149. As the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, in general terms, I support the government amendments. I am sure that my noble friend w...

My Lords, I draw to the House’s attention three questions put forward by Leonard Cheshire Disabil...

My Lords, I, too, am troubled by the seeming perversity of government Amendments 145, 146 and 149...

My Lords, first, I welcome the amendments in relation to CQC independence. I would like assurance...

My Lords, I set out in my opening remarks the principle that lies behind the amendments that I ta...

Moved by

Earl Howe

143: After Clause 82, insert the following new Clause—

“Inde...

Moved by

Lord Warner

143A: After Clause 82, line 10, leave out subsection (4)

My Lords, I listened carefully to the points made in this debate, particularly those made by the ...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

144: After Clause 82, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, we come to an important amendment that relates essentially to staff ratios and guidance...

My Lords, I do not want to speak before whoever supports the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, in his amendm...

My Lords, I did not intend for that to happen. Noble Lords may find this quite tedious, but I wan...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 159 standing in my name and in the names of the noble Lord...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Emerton. May I say—not as an aside bu...

My Lords, I am of course impressed by what has been said by the noble Baroness, Lady Emerton, who...

It was Amendment 159.

I leave it to the department to work out whether it was Amendment 158 or 159, but that is not too...

My Lords, I support both the amendments. They are not alternatives but complementary. I want to s...

My Lords, I also support both amendments. It seems to me, as a nurse, to be a self-evident propos...

My Lords, I hope that I can give noble Lords considerable reassurance on the Government’s positio...

What my noble friend has said is incredibly encouraging. However, before he leaves that point, co...

My Lords, I am happy to come to that point. The short answer is that that is certainly our intent...

My Lords, on what evidence would the CQC base the answers to those questions?

How easy will it be for members of the public to see this material when they are trying to be sur...

The answer to that question is the rating system, which the chief inspectors are planning to brin...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. I will say at once that I very much s...

Moved by

Earl Howe

145: Clause 83, page 72, leave out lines 16 to 27

146: Claus...

Moved by

Earl Howe

148: Clause 83, page 73, line 14, at end insert—

“(13) Consu...

Moved by

Earl Howe

152A: Clause 84, page 73, line 42, leave out “exercises functions ...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 152B to 152F. These are amendments to the clauses that...

My Lords, I want to ask the noble Earl just one question. Why does it not apply to commissioners?...

That is a perfectly reasonable question. The short answer is that, in determining the scope of th...

Moved by

Earl Howe

152B: Clause 84, page 74, line 1, leave out “body (other than a pu...

Moved by

Earl Howe

152D: Clause 85, page 74, line 35, leave out “care provider” and i...

Moved by

Earl Howe

152F: After Clause 85, insert the following new Clause—

“Off...

Moved by

Earl Howe

153: After Clause 85, insert the following new Clause—

“Trai...

My Lords, in Committee noble Lords were rightly concerned about the way that healthcare assistant...

My Lords, I rise, somewhat gobsmacked, as they say in Yorkshire, at the launching by my noble fri...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Willis, has just referred to my Amendment 160. It relates to the r...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the announcement, and I am sure that the noble Earl is not surprised at...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Earl the Minister for what he has said. I think I have probably...

My Lords, I also thank the Minister for his persistence within Whitehall in actually getting prog...

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendment 158. I also thank the Minister for pulling a rabbit out...

My Lords, I join in the congratulations to the Minister on his words this afternoon. For a long t...

My Lords, I am very pleased that noble Lords have recognised the announcement I made today about ...

Moved by

Earl Howe

154: Schedule 5, page 112, line 6, at end insert—

“(0 ) The ...

My Lords, I will speak also to Amendments 155, 156, 157, 161, 162, 163 and 164.

It is impor...

My Lords, My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 160A, which is sandwiched in the middle of this gr...

My Lords, I rise to support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare. He is ext...

My Lords, we very much welcome this important group of amendments. If one reads back over the deb...

My Lords, I turn first to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare. He has, of ...

Moved by

Earl Howe

155: Schedule 5, page 114, line 33, at end insert—

“(1A) HEE...

Moved by

Earl Howe

161: Clause 93, page 80, line 5, at end insert—

“( ) Subsect...

Moved by

Earl Howe

162: Clause 94, page 80, line 23, at end insert “, and

( ) a...

Moved by

Earl Howe

165: Schedule 7, page 126, line 36, after “any” insert “of its com...

My Lords, at this point it will be convenient to consider also Amendments 166, 167 and 168. We ha...

My Lords, first, I declare an interest as the chair of the Association of Medical Research Charit...

I concur with what the noble Lord, Lord Willis of Knaresborough, just said. All of the research c...

I also agree with the view that these are important headings. The precise detail has been mention...

My Lords, I welcome the Government’s decision in Amendment 167 to support the recommendation of t...

My Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords for their questions and comments. Without spending to...

Moved by

Earl Howe

166: Clause 100, page 85, line 12, leave out “such research” and i...

Moved by

Earl Howe

168: Schedule 8, page 132, line 45, leave out from second “a” to e...

Moved by

Earl Howe

169: Clause 112, page 92, line 25, leave out “or duty”

Moved by

Earl Howe

170: Clause 114, page 94, line 23, after “cases)” insert “or 71 (a...