Deregulation Bill

I support this amendment wholeheartedly. If my noble friend Lord Hunt decides to divide the House...

I rise simply to underline everything that the noble Lord, Lord Winston, has just said. It seems ...

My Lords, the Minister may not be surprised to find that I am keen to intervene on this amendment...

My Lords, we should be protecting desperate patients from being ripped off by clinics whose main ...

My Lords, this debate has ranged widely over a number of health issues, and I realise the serious...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. However, I am disappointed with ...

I entirely agree with what the noble Lord is saying, but does it not also undermine the noble Ear...

That is absolutely right. The noble Lord then went on to say that we should be fine because the p...

I will be glad to take this back and confer with others, but I cannot give any assurances that th...

My Lords, that is very handsome of the Minister and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord McNally

44: Clause 89, page 71, line 2, at end insert—

“(d) a reg...

My Lords, I am not sure that I can give the same assurance to the Minister about withdrawing my a...

My Lords, I am speaking in support of Amendment 44 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McNally, i...

My Lords, the noble Baroness has given us a lot of hypothetical, “If a future Government were to”...

When does the Minister expect that these regulations would actually be brought forward?

My Lords, my understanding is that it is going to be very difficult to bring them forward before ...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak because, as chair of the EHRC, it is difficult for me to do...

My Lords, I would simply reply that we are of course well aware that this is not the only body fo...

My Lords, before the Minister sits down, could I just draw on two aspects—

My Lords, we are on Report, and the Companion is very clear about Report stage. I suggest that th...

Another gem is lost to us from the noble Lord, Lord Jones. Let us not confuse this issue: the pro...

Moved by

Lord Tunnicliffe

44A: Clause 89, page 71, line 3, at end insert—

“( ) ...

My Lords, the Labour Party, despite rumours put about by the Benches opposite, is pro business. W...

I rise to support my noble friend’s amendment and congratulate him not only on the way he exposed...

My Lords, in speaking to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, I should note m...

My Lords, we have heard three excellent and very sober speeches on the amendment, for which I tha...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lad...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

45: After Clause 29, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 45 and 45A before moving on to Amendment 46. Amendments 45 a...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that. He will not be surprised that I am delighted that the Go...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

45A: After Clause 29, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

46A: After Clause 30, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to act on behalf of my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire, i...

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

46AA: After Clause 30, line 17, leave out “14” and ins...

In moving the amendment I will also speak to Amendments 46AB, 46BA and 46HA. These are all amendm...

My Lords, I support Amendment 46A, as well as Amendments 46B, 46C to 46H and Amendment 46J in the...

My Lords, I support the amendment to the amendment, moved by my noble friend Lord Howard. In prin...

My Lords, I support this group of government amendments. I declare my interests as on the registe...

My Lords, I should declare that I am a landlord in the private rented sector, which is larger tha...

My Lords, I was not going to speak in this debate, because I think there is a need for us to move...

My Lords, I declare my interests. I was an estate agent and am a consultant to an estate agency. ...

My Lords, we are very happy to support the Government’s amendment. That is hardly surprising give...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate. Again, it demonstrates th...

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

46B: After Clause 30, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

46C: After Clause 30, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

46H: After Clause 30, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

46J: After Clause 30, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Best

46K: Clause 31, page 28, leave out lines 1 to 3

My Lords, I apologise for speaking to two consecutive amendments—your Lordships will be tired of ...

My Lords, I speak in strong support of this amendment, so expertly and comprehensively moved by t...

My Lords, I should declare that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I supp...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment, and I declare an interest in that I have a daughter w...

My Lords, we should be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Best, for moving this amendment, which we...

I thank all noble Lords, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Best, for raising this issue. As he is...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken, beginning with the noble Barones...

Moved by

Baroness Gardner of Parkes

47: Clause 33, page 28, line 32, after “which” in...

My Lords, I remind the House that I have declared my interests in the register and have spoken to...

I hope the noble Baroness will forgive me, but I was a little unclear as to whether she was speak...

I will be happy to clarify that. There seems to have been a slight muddle in that the last amendm...

My Lords, with my noble friend Lord Tope, I have three amendments down on this matter. To start w...

My Lords, for the avoidance of doubt, I should say that we are now discussing two groups of amend...

My Lords, I support this group of amendments and declare an interest as a professional involved w...

I am now rising to speak very briefly to the group—

I apologise to my noble friend but I think that under the rules of the House we are still on Amen...

My Lords, we have got terribly confused tonight. I thought that we were speaking to the generalit...

I thank the noble Lord. I was planning to speak to Amendment 48, so my comments are directed to t...

I hesitate ever to come in on a point of principle but my noble friend Lady Gardner said that she...

My noble friend makes a totally valid point and I apologise—there should have been some closure w...

I will do so unless anyone wishes to speak.

My Lords, I hope that we are not going to have another speech from the noble Baroness, Lady Gardn...

No, I have not spoken to Amendment 48.

Unless other noble Lords suggest anything else, what I propose may be the most practical way forw...

The noble Baroness has to indicate that she wishes to withdraw her amendment.

I thought that the Deputy Speaker had to put that to me before I sought leave to withdraw the ame...

Moved by

Baroness Gardner of Parkes

48: Clause 33, page 28, line 35, at end insert—