Deregulation Bill

My Lords, Schedule 18 amends the Poisons Act 1972. It introduces a common licensing system for th...

My Lords, I have been prompted to rise to my feet on Amendment 84, to which the Minister has just...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak on this; I think the Minister might have moved “clause stan...

My Lords, Northern Ireland has separate legislation that controls sales of poisons and will imple...

Then the term “UK” might perhaps be incorrect in terms of drafting.

The UK is, of course, an integrated market, so it is difficult to say, “exports from Great Britai...

We are getting somewhat held up: I am sure that this can be resolved very quickly. The point rais...

I will write to the noble Lord if I am misinformed, but I think that if this were to read, “Expor...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

83: Schedule 18, page 175, line 20, at end insert—<...

My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s brief introduction to this debate, which he may want t...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that very detailed and well prepared set of questions. I...

It was not a summary of recommendations, but a summary of the consultation responses, and I ident...

My understanding is that Appendix A of the report on the consultation had a summary of consultati...

I appreciate that because I have had different responses from different Ministers on the issue. B...

I do not have an answer on the fire service and will have to come back to the noble Baroness on t...

I am grateful for that, but I am puzzled why, in the list of consultees, the two I asked about we...

That is entirely understood. I will do my best on that, and will write to the noble Baroness with...

My Lords, I am asking the Government to withdraw Clause 71 on social work services and registrati...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, and agree that Clause 71 should not stand p...

My Lords, I support this amendment which is also in my name. Never has there been greater concern...

My Lords, I recognise the passion with which these objections have been made, as well as the expe...

I apologise to the noble Lord for interrupting but I wish to seek clarification. Clearly, on the ...

I understand that point. I am not entirely clear as to the balance between for-profit providers a...

My Lords, I will be brief in my remarks. I make it clear at the start that I am not in opposition...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for his remarks, which ranged much more widely th...

My Lords, before we leave this clause, I would like to take this opportunity to ask the Minister ...

My Lords, I join my noble friend and add to what he said. My noble friend knows that I come from ...

My Lords, it would be foolhardy to give a cast-iron guarantee that no problems might break out. T...

In the case I mentioned, there was a police van outside; I approached the police van and the offi...

My Lords, let me take that back and make sure that the Electoral Commission is informed of this. ...

Moved by

Earl Howe

87ZA: After Clause 73, insert the following new Clause—

“NHS...

My Lords, this clause makes amendments to Sections 56A, 57 and 65LA of the National Health Servic...

My Lords, like the noble Earl, I make a happy, though unexpected intervention in the proceedings ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his comments and questions. I shall certainly write...

I did not want to interrupt the noble Earl but perhaps I may intervene as he has raised that poin...

I note the request from the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and I can only undertake to do my best on th...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

87B: After Clause 78, insert the following ...

I rise to offer the Government an early Christmas gift, cunningly disguised as Amendment 87B. It ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness very much. In listening to her, I was remembering that I dis...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and certainly look forward to having a meeting to see how...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

88: Schedule 19, page 195, line 33, after “(1)” ins...

My Lords, I have an extremely long speaking note on this. Amendment 88 is a minor and technical a...

Moved by

Lord Sharkey

89: Clause 82, page 58, line 14, at end insert—

“(2) This...

My Lords, I move Amendment 89 and shall speak briefly to Amendments 103 and 104. Amendment 89 dea...

My Lords, I have to be brief but I think that I can say without contradiction that the speech tha...

My Lords, it seems that we are discussing, in an amendment to Clause 82, the whole subject of Sch...

My Lords, although I may be being a bit previous in saying this, I think that I am the only Membe...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sharkey for moving his amendment and allowing us to have t...

What is the Minister’s answer to his noble friend Lord Skelmersdale?

I do not think that there is a perfect answer to the earliest one being in the 19th century. If t...

Surely the noble and learned Lord will appreciate that the statute book is far, far too long. The...

I am in sympathy with what my noble friend says: the statute book is far, far too long. There is ...

I am grateful to all the noble Lords who have spoken and to the Minister for his reply, apart fro...

I am grateful to my noble friend for giving way. First, the amendment does not make any requireme...

To answer my noble and learned friend’s first point, I will certainly alter the amendment to make...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

91: Schedule 20, page 201, line 8, at end insert—...

My Lords, Amendments 91 and 92 add to Schedule 20, which—as we have just debated—makes provision ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

92: Schedule 20, page 201, line 10, at end insert...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

92A: Schedule 20, page 201, line 29, leave out paragraphs ...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a dairy farmer, but I no longer have a dog and do not use a do...

My Lords, I am all for getting rid of rules and regulations that have served no purpose and are r...

Given the noble Lord’s great knowledge on this issue, can he comment on the problem of dangerous ...

It might conceivably in the sense that breeders need to record the details of the sire as well as...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for giving the Committee an opportunity to c...

Will the Minister clarify that the Clause 31 reference to Section 4(i) refers only to the identit...

I will be told by those sitting behind me if I am getting this wrong, but my understanding is tha...

I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord for being so helpful. I am very grateful for the...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

92B: Schedule 20, page 202, line 12, leave out paragraph 3...

This amendment removes paragraph 37 of Schedule 20 concerning the requirement for a dog to wear a...

Once again, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for moving his amendment and raising an im...

I am grateful to the Minister for clarifying that dogs will still be required to wear an identity...

I have one last, general question on this, which comes as a result of listening to these last two...

As I am not the Minister in charge of the Bill, I am not sure I can give that commitment and am w...

I can say that it is not our intention. We will take the warning.

I am advised that it is not the Government’s intention to bring forward further pieces of legisla...

It is not a warning; it is just the fact that it is quite clear that people inside the government...

The noble Lord’s point is well understood.