Health and Care Bill

My Lords, I support Amendment 158 and the others in this group, to which I have added my name. La...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lords Lord Crisp and Lord Faulkner in support of t...

My Lords, I speak in support of these amendments, to which I have added my name, and which are in...

My Lords, I hasten to say to your Lordships that I do not smoke and have never smoked. In conside...

My Lords, briefly, I support these amendments; my name was on an amendment at an earlier stage. I...

My Lords, I want to make just a small factual supplement to the contribution from the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I was not intending to intervene, but I was prompted to do so not least by the noble Lo...

My Lords, I was not intending to speak, but I wanted to counter the point made to the noble Lord,...

Hear, hear!

Well, good. I have got a few “hear, hears”.

Does the noble Baroness accept that a crucial difference is that organisations such as ASH are fu...

I was coming on to that point. I would really appreciate a dose of honesty in this House. If thos...

My Lords, I do not recall anybody suggesting in the debate that tobacco companies should be made ...

I was suggesting that we do carry on because the evidence is there in government data, not in a f...

I remind noble Lords that only short questions of elucidation are allowed on Report.

Many thanks. I suggest to the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, that a lot more people will be dead from t...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this debate and for putting for...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and in the informative ...

My Lords, first, I thank those noble Lords who added their names to this amendment and spoke so e...

Moved by

Lord Crisp

159: After Clause 164, insert the following new Clause—

“To...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

162: After Clause 164, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, this was debated two weeks ago, but I know that the noble Earl, Lord Howe, wishes to sa...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for allowing me to say in a few senten...

My Lords, I will not detain the House. It is time for the House to make a decision. I am very gra...

Moved by

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

163: After Clause 164, insert the following new ...

My Lords, we now come to an amendment on alcohol, and I declare that I chair the Commission on Al...

My Lords, in moving this amendment, the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, has emphasised i...

My Lords, I support what has already been said and the amendment in the name of the noble Barones...

My Lords, I too support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. I declare m...

My Lords, there is a sheer impracticality to this suggestion. Whatever the need to get people to ...

My Lords, I feel I have to respond immediately to that. I intended to speak anyway, having attach...

My Lords, at the risk of being boring, I am one of those people who has been asking for this for ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for bringing forward Amendment 163, and thank ...

My Lords, as a doctor and a wine drinker, I have serious concerns about this amendment, particula...

My Lords, this is an important topic, so let me start with an immediate reassurance to the House,...

My Lords, I am very grateful to everyone who has spoken and I note the tone with which “in due co...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

164: After Clause 164, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, I am speaking to my Amendment 164 but I also strongly associate myself with Amendment 1...

My Lords, my amendment is grouped with the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, wh...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness ...

My Lords, I speak from these Benches to support both amendments in this group. The noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, my noble friend has returned with his amendment on the need for an expert-led review on...

My Lords, I will turn first, if I may, to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt ...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Howe, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and ...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

165: After Clause 164, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, Amendment 165 requires the Secretary of State to

“promote self care for minor ail...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 165, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and ...

My Lords, we had a good debate in Committee on the issue of self-care and the management of healt...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for bringing forward a debate on this issue. I reass...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and my noble friend Lady Wheeler for their s...

Moved by

Lord Moylan

166: After Clause 164, insert the following new Clause—

“G...

My Lords, pancreatic cancer is a terrible disease, as noble Lords know: 10,500 people in the UK a...

My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendments 166 and 167 in the name of the noble Lor...

My Lords, I was glad to have been able to put my name to Amendment 166 about PERT. In this Bill, ...

My Lords, I have in my hands the latest cancer waiting time figures. It is very unfortunate that,...

My Lords, can I say how much I support this suite of amendments? I congratulate the noble Lord, L...

I thank noble Lords for bringing forward this further debate on the subject of pancreatic cancer ...

My Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords who have spoken, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Ab...

My Lords, I inform the House that the noble Baronesses, Lady Masham of Ilton and Lady Brinton, an...

Moved by

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

170: After Clause 164, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, we are on Report and I know that a number of colleagues have engagements and want to se...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Masham, is taking part remotely. I invite her to speak.

My Lords, many people are fearful and dismayed about the disastrous, inhuman situation in Ukraine...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, has introduced his amendment very clearly, so I will be b...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Howarth of Newport, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Lo...

My Lords, in moving this proposed new clause, superficially so bland, the noble Lord, Lord Forsyt...

My Lords, I support Amendment 170 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, to which I have ad...

My Lords, I oppose this amendment. Much as I admire my noble friend Lord Forsyth and fully unders...

My Lords, I have been informed that the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, would like to ...

She is here.

Not remotely but present, which is very good indeed.

My Lords, I am so thankful to be here tonight. It is a rare appearance but an important one and I...

It is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell, whose contribution to the debate o...

My Lords, it would be perfectly possible for someone in the House of Commons to raise this issue ...

My Lords, I have repeatedly opposed assisted dying and it is well known that I feel, and have fel...

My Lords, this amendment surely goes to something of importance to all of us in this House, wheth...

My Lords, I rise to support the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Forsyth. I do not do so l...

My Lords, I feel I have to remind the House that we have had 95 hours of debate in recent years o...

My Lords, I hate to disagree with the noble Lords who have spoken against this amendment, almost ...

My Lords, I would like to put a point to the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. He said that his amendment...

I do not want to prolong the debate but, for the sake of clarity, I will say that the issue here ...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention. However, his amendment says:

“Th...

My Lords, I agree with those who have already spoken opposing the amendment. First, the amendment...

My Lords, ordinarily I would not support a novel procedure which overrode the precedence of the w...

My Lords, in Committee, I asked whether the Minister—I think the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, was res...

My Lords, I will make a brief intervention. First, I rise to challenge the view that all bishops ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, made the accusation that lots of the amendments to the Bi...

My Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, because it is...

My Lords, I want to add my support particularly for what my noble friend Lady Hayman has just sai...

My Lords, this is the second occasion on which I have spoken on assisted dying in your Lordships’...

My Lords, I do not understand why it is a conscience vote if it is not about the substance or the...

My Lords, I do not want to detain the House long. The noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, told us that this...

A long time ago.

Noble Lords might say that it was a long time ago, but it was debated. It is not as if this has n...

My Lords, I detect a sense that the House would like to hear from the Front Benches, but I know t...

My Lords, I have spoken numerous times about my opposition to assisted suicide for many different...

My Lords, I think the mood of the House is that the Front Benches—

My Lords, may I just be indulged by the House in following the excellent speech by my noble frien...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, rightly said, the devil is in the detail. Th...

My Lords, I have listened very closely to the many passionate, informed and often personal contri...

My Lords, I must tell my noble friend Lord Forsyth that I am not with him on this amendment and n...

Before the Minister sits down, does he believe that limiting debate on a crucial human rights iss...

My Lords, we gave a full day’s debate to the noble Baroness’s Bill. That is surely not ungenerous...

My Lords, it is late; we have had a very good debate. I have to say, I shall long remember being ...