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My Lords, before we commence proceedings on the Bill, I will outline the plan for today. We will ...
My Lords, before calling the first amendment, I indicate that the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, w...
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Moved by
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)
237: Clause 141, page 119, line 17, at...
My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 238 and 239 in my name. Predatory and rent-seeking fina...
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite her to speak.
My Lords, I support Amendments 237, 238 and 239 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett o...
My Lords, I support these amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. I thank her for putti...
My Lords, I support the thrust of the amendments laid by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. I full...
My Lords, I will take to heart the strictures of the Government Chief Whip and see whether I can ...
I thank my noble friend Lord Blunkett for speaking very briefly and giving us some very wise word...
My Lords, I appreciate the way that the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, introduced these three amen...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his courteous and comprehensive response, which was very usefu...
My Lords, Clause 142 seeks to amend Section 50 of the Health Act 1999 in relation to making chang...
My Lords, I declare an interest as a former chair of the Professional Standards Authority. I was ...
My Lords, Clause 142, which comes under the heading “Professional regulation”, deals with the reg...
I will also speak briefly in support of the register for social care workers, and I very much ech...
My Lords, last week, when we debated the call for a separate list of properly qualified cosmetic ...
I thank all noble Lords who spoke in this debate. As a number of noble Lords have acknowledged, t...
My Lords, I thank the Minister, but that was not a satisfactory response, I am afraid. The only w...
Moved by
Lord Kamall
243A: After Clause 143, insert the following new Clause—
“...
My Lords, in moving this amendment I will also speak to the Amendments 313A, 314A and 315A standi...
My Lords, Amendment 280 stands in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Barker. I declare ...
My Lords, it has been a great privilege to work alongside the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and I c...
It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, and I too commend the noble Baroness,...
When the Minister and I were discussing government amendments, on this issue I said: “If Baroness...
I can confirm that that conversation did take place. When we were dividing up the groups for toda...
Moved by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
244: Clause 144, page 123, line 39, at end inser...
My Lords, this is a very broad group. As part of the Government’s obesity strategy, Clause 144 an...
The noble Lord, Lord Howarth of Newport, should be taking part remotely. If the noble
My Lords, I declare my interests—there are a lot of them in terms of food, but this is for a spec...
My Lords, I support the amendments in my name and I may also comment on some of the amendments th...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Vaizey of Didcot. Might I say, be...
My Lords, I rise to speak to a number of amendments in this important group focused on the Govern...
My Lords, on the one hand, I am strongly in favour of the government proposals in Schedule 17 to ...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and pay tribute to the work he has...
My Lords, I declare an interest as a freelance television producer. I speak in support of Amendme...
My Lords, I will speak to Schedule 17 generally and in support of Amendment 244 in the name of th...
My Lords, perhaps channelling the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, from this morning, I congratulate t...
Given the noble Lord’s extraordinary expertise, having worked all over the world, does he know an...
As the noble Lord will know, the genuine problem that we have in this country is that unfortunate...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 245, tabled by my noble friend Lord Vaizey, and to others in ...
My Lords, I speak in support of my noble friend Lord Vaizey’s amendments. He said all I could pos...
I never said—and other noble Lords who oppose these amendments never said—that the single act of ...
I will continue. Successive Governments throughout my too many years in the media, faced with int...
My Lords, I am pleased to follow my noble friend Lord Grade. The point he made relates to my own ...
Will the noble Lord clarify some of his statement about young people? We know that there are spec...
The noble Baroness is drawing me into what is a very important debate, but I do not think it is t...
I will be very brief. I declare my chairmanship of the Communications and Digital Committee. A lo...
My Lords, I feel the need to balance the sides of this debate. I attached my name to Amendment 24...
My Lords, I apologise to the House that I did not take part in the Second Reading debate; I am af...
My Lords, the great Nicholas Parsons, who is the Chief Whip’s go-to source of quotations for toda...
My Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my declaration of interests: I am chair of ukactive...
My Lords, I first apologise for not being present at Second Reading. It is unusual for me not to ...
My Lords, I regret that I cannot follow the edict of that late, great Liberal Democrat, Nicholas ...
My Lords, today we have had a very extensive and impassioned debate, and we have heard in your Lo...
My Lords, this has been an important and engaging debate. There has been consensus that childhood...
I am so sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but can she please give us a timescale for that?
I believe it is being conducted this year, but I will check that and come back to my noble friend...
Before my noble friend sits down, can she give the House some sense of what the Government would ...
I believe that I said that the criteria for measuring the success of this policy have been set ou...
Before my noble friend sits down, can I ask her about the nutrient profiling technical guidance? ...
My noble friend was of course eagle-eared—I am mixing a metaphor—in that I did not address his po...
I want to follow up on that question. It was in 2018 that the consultation took place; is the Min...
The date that I have for the commissioning of the work is 2016, which means that we are even furt...
My Lords, we are three hours and 49 amendments on and I am sure that everyone in the House will j...
Moved by
Baroness Penn
246: Schedule 17, page 234, line 23, at end insert—
“(1A...
Moved by
Baroness Penn
249: Schedule 17, page 235, line 18, at end insert—
“(4A...
Moved by
Baroness Penn
250: Schedule 17, page 235, line 30, leave out from beginning ...
Moved by
Baroness Penn
252: Schedule 17, page 236, line 16, at end insert—
“(5A...
Moved by
Baroness Penn
253: Schedule 17, page 236, line 32, at beginning insert “From...
Moved by
Baroness Penn
254: Schedule 17, page 237, line 38, at end insert—
“(6A...
Moved by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
259: Clause 146, page 124, line 42, at end inser...
My Lords, these amendments also relate to alcohol. Amendment 259 is about alcohol labelling to pr...
My Lords, I rise to support Amendments 259 and 296 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay...
My Lords, I have been in this House for 22 years and I have been asking for this for at least 20 ...
My Lords, I support this amendment. I will tell a true story of a teetotal preacher who harangued...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, who reminds us of our obl...
My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for her work as chair of the Commissi...
I am sorry to disturb the Minister in mid-flow. He described this amendment as prescriptive. Seat...
The noble and right reverend Lord makes an extremely cogent set of points. I criticised Amendment...
I am most grateful to the Minister, and particularly to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord S...
Moved by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
265: After Clause 148, insert the following new Cla...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 265 I will also speak to Amendment 282. I am glad to have the suppo...
My Lords, I apologise for not speaking in the Second Reading debate, for reasons of ill health.
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, has introduced Amendments 265 and 282 on this appalling subj...
My Lords, I am raising my voice to speak in favour of Amendments 265 and 282. Following the noble...
My Lords, I declare my interest as an elected member of the BMA ethics committee, which looked at...
My Lords, I apologise for missing the first minute—but it was only the first minute—of the splend...
I hope that my noble friend will forgive me but, as he was not here at the beginning of the debat...
Well, I certainly was going to make my remarks brief, and I am sorry that I was detained for one ...
My Lords, I also stand to support Amendments 265 and 282. I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord ...
My Lords, can I say how much I agree with my noble friend Lord Hunt, the noble Baroness, Lady Nor...
My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and many other noble Lord...
My Lords, would it be possible to collect data to substantiate what my noble friend has said abou...
I expect it is possible to capture some data but, of course, there will always be cases of people...
I will follow the noble Lord’s point. Even though it may be impossible to collect credible data o...
The noble Lord makes a very good point and, if I may, I will investigate the feasibility of doing...
Will the Minister undertake that the Government ask the Scottish Government about their experienc...
I noted that the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness is closely modelled on the current law in...
My Lords, it has been a very good debate. First, I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, that I...
Moved by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
267: After Clause 148, insert the following new Cla...
My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 268. I indicate in advance my support for Amendment 288 ...
My Lords, I have Amendment 288 in this group. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for the way that...
My Lords, I support Amendment 268, to which I have added my name, and thank the noble Lord, Lord ...
My Lords, I certainly support these three amendments so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord H...
My Lords, this is an important group and there is little to add to the expert contributions on th...
My Lords, this has been an important and moving debate. We should recognise that, behind the tech...
My Lords, I very much welcome my noble friend’s response. Of course he is right: we must always l...
I appreciate of course my noble friend’s remarks, and I undertake to bring them to the attention ...
My Lords, this has been a very good debate, again, and I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Howe...
My Lords, I rather wish it were my noble friend Lord Kamall handling this group because he is the...
My Lords, I know how generous the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, has been with his time. I can but hope...
Moved by
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
270: After Clause 148, insert the following new C...
My Lords, I move Amendment 270, and add my support to Amendments 271 to 279 in this group. I have...
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton, is taking part remotely and I invite her to s...
My Lords, I support all these amendments but will speak to Amendments 276 and 277, to which my na...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Masham, who spoke in favour of Amen...
My Lords, I have put my name to Amendment 270, which requires the Government to consult on raisin...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, because I would li...
My Lords, I have never smoked and I have no wish to smoke, but I am a marketing man by profession...
My Lords, for decades, all the various weak arguments associated with the tobacco industry, oppos...
My Lords, I am aware that, in your Lordships’ House, any lack of zeal for persecuting smokers mar...
My Lords, I imagine that your Lordships’ House and Parliament generally very often have a choice ...
My Lords, this has been an interesting debate, and we have heard various views. I thank my noble ...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, and other noble Lords for bringing this...
My Lords, it has been a fascinating debate, which has taken a little over an hour. I thank all no...
Moved by
Baroness Cumberlege
283: After Clause 148, insert the following new Clause—<...
My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, is supporting me. She is a clinici...
My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, in her Amendment 283, which would includ...
My Lords, I was—it is fair to say—flattered when the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, asked me to...
My Lords, I support Amendment 283 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, and my nob...
My Lords, I can only add to the last remark of the noble Baroness that this does need to happen. ...
My Lords, I am grateful to all the noble Baronesses who have spoken in this group, and in particu...
My Lords, I thank so much the noble Lords who have supported this amendment. I always welcome the...