Health and Care Bill

My Lords, the purpose of Clause 26 is to introduce a process by which the Care Quality Commission...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has set out the tensions underlying the Bill about return...

My Lords, it is essential that we get the arrangements for the Care Quality Commission right thro...

Can I briefly ask my noble friend whether part of the thinking behind the current wording might b...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for bringing this debate before the Committee. He ...

I am grateful to my noble friend for that explanation, which, I am sorry to tell him, wholly fail...

We come to the group beginning Amendment 164. The noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton and Lady Masham,...

Moved by

Baroness Wheeler

164: Clause 26, page 37, line 35, at end insert—

“(4A...

My Lords, Amendment 164 heads this wide-ranging group and probes how the proposed Care Quality Co...

I remind the Committee that both the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton and Lady Masham, will be cont...

My Lords, I have signed two amendments in this very wide-ranging group. The first, in the name of...

I call the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton.

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 178, 266 and 293. Amendment 178, which was tabled by the no...

My Lords, I have Amendment 176, the second amendment in this group, and two other amendments. I s...

My Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, I declare an interest as the patron of the Nati...

My Lords, in this rather large group of amendments, I shall take us from catering to my Amendment...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 243 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, and Am...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Patel, on the term “nurse”, which is pr...

My Lords, I support Amendment 264, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, to wh...

My Lords, can I just take us back to Amendment 266, to which I have added my name, before we lose...

My Lords, I support Amendment 266 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, and Amendment 2...

My Lords, as I address Amendment 266, I should declare that I am a vice-president of the Chartere...

Briefly, I support Amendment 176 from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. I first declare two interests as...

My Lord’s, I shall speak to Amendments 178 and 240, and I remind the Committee of my interest as ...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 266, I shall not speak for long because everything has been sa...

I want to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, because I am former chair of the Specialised Healt...

My Lords, in part because I listened to the lecture with which we started this session but more b...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for omitting to say that I am a registered nurse on the NM...

My Lords, I will be as brief as I can. I have a few words about some of the amendments in this wi...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions and for sharing their knowledge and expertise—and, in...

My Lords, the Minister suggested that, to have any changes in the appointment of surgeons, the de...

If it is as straightforward as the noble Lord suggests, I will see if that can be done.

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their many expert and very informative contributions. It has be...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)

165: After Clause 27, insert the following ne...

My Lords, my Amendments 165 and 166 are rather more focused than the last group. They are probing...

My Lords, perhaps I may make two quick points. At an earlier stage in the Committee, using the ex...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 165 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. This is...

My Lords, I just wanted to respond to the last set of very important questions that have arisen. ...

My Lords, we have been reminded many times during the debates in Committee of the aims of the Bil...

I thank my noble friend for tabling these amendments; I have added my name to both of them. They ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for bringing us back to the subject of plac...

Has the Minister actually seen the model constitution that will be imposed by NHS England, and do...

My understanding is that it is work in progress—so no, I have not seen it.

Is it not then unsatisfactory that we should complete the passage of the Bill without having sigh...

I do not think that is a reasonable ask by the noble Baroness, if I may say so. I am trying to de...

Before the Minister sits down, is he in a position to answer the question I asked about the timin...

I shall need to write to the noble Baroness about that timing because I do not have it. I meant t...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl and to the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, for her helpful ...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

174A: Clause 39, page 47, line 17, at end insert—