Health and Care Bill

With the leave of the House, I thought it might be useful if I used my slot to speak right now on...

My Lords, I have no doubt that when the Minister responds he will say that the Secretary of State...

My Lords, Amendment 84 is intended to remove the powers of the Secretary of State, in Clause 40, ...

I thank noble Lords for bringing this debate to the House today. I am sure that the Secretary of ...

The Minister said that this was not the motive behind the power, but motive is not the point here...

I thank the noble Baroness for clarifying that. Of course, we completely understand the concerns ...

I am sorry to interrupt, but does the Minister not take my point that it is not that Ministers wi...

Before the Minister answers that question, I wonder if he would be kind enough to answer two from...

I thank noble Lords for those interventions. If they will allow me, I will come to answer them in...

I thank my noble friend. On this clinical advice, he is aware of the enormous changes that were m...

Indeed, sometimes it is absolutely critical that decisions are made quickly. Where there are conc...

I cannot believe that the Minister meant to imply that all the structures being set up in this Bi...

The noble Baroness raises some important points, but I remind her that, alongside those, she shou...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. In particular I am grateful for his specific assuranc...

The noble Lord raises the congenital paediatric cardiac case, and the noble Baroness, Lady Cumber...

We all know that when these proposals come forward, there is a lot of local pressure. In many cas...

My Lords, it might be worth reminding noble Lords that on Report, noble Lords only speak twice fo...

I am responding to the debate, am I not?

You are.

The noble Lord was elucidating something to which I was responding. That is my view. Anyway, I wa...

Moved by

Lord Kamall

85: Clause 45, page 50, line 6, leave out “The reference in subs...

Moved by

Lord Kamall

88: Clause 54, page 53, line 16, at end insert “in respect of a ...

Moved by

Lord Kamall

92: Clause 59, page 55, line 37, leave out “The reference in sub...

Moved by

Lord Kamall

97: Clause 67, page 61, line 42, at end insert—

“(2AA) For...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

98: Schedule 10, page 223, line 21, at end insert—

“(5A) ...

My Lords, I will not go on at great length because noble Lords have heard more than sufficient fr...

The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is contributing remotely.

My Lords, I start by commending Amendment 100 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Warner, and I look f...

My Lords, I support Amendments 98A, 98B and 98C. Among other things, the Bill is designed to faci...

My Lords, my Amendment 100 requires NHS England to

“conduct a public survey of whether pati...

My Lords, I am implacably opposed to privatisation of the NHS—not for ideological reasons, althou...

My Lords, this group contains a number of helpful amendments. I welcome the amendments that the G...

My Lords, before addressing the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Lansley and the no...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend, in particular for the helpful explanation of the...

Tabled by

Lord Warner

100: Clause 69, page 63, line 21, at end insert—

“6H Surv...

I am grateful to the Minister for his reassurances on the issue of patient choice. I suggest that...

Moved by

Earl Howe

101: Clause 70, page 63, line 35, leave out “procurement by releva...

I shall not call Amendment 105, as it has been pre-empted by Amendment 103.

Moved by

Earl Howe

106: Clause 70, page 64, leave out lines 7 and 8 and insert—