Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]

My Lords, much of this Bill, as we know, is underpinned by secondary legislation, which has yet t...

I rise briefly to support the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness. I also draw the Minis...

My Lords, had I been a little shrewder on the grouping, I would have included in this group Amend...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for her important amendments. I, too, am looking forward...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken in this interesting debate. Obviously, the...

I am most grateful to the Minister for having such an open door in discussing these issues. I may...

On carbon monoxide, one of the issues concerns medical certificates and cause of death; there is ...

I completely accept that it is about what is and is not included. I recall having learned, on man...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

29: Clause 2, page 2, line 43, at end insert—

“(l) the with...

My Lords, the market we have at the moment is such that, if there is, say, an orange teddy bear o...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 31, 85, 97, 98 and 109, all on enforcement issues. Amendment...

My Lords, these amendments deal with a range of issues concerning enforcement. As the noble Baron...

My Lords, I found the introduction to these amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and the c...

My Lords, I support most of the amendments in this group, but I particularly want to support the ...

My Lords, I wish to address the Committee on Amendments 60 to 62 in the name of my noble friend L...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 60, 61, 62, 66, 67, 83, 84, 86, 88 and 89 standing in my nam...

My Lords, very briefly, and complying with time constraints, I warned your Lordships and the Gove...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their detailed consideration of the Bill, and especially th...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but Amendment 60 asks who the relevant authorities are...

I thank the noble Lord for that point. As I said earlier, as it stands the relevant authorities a...

But can the Minister tell us why the list in primary legislation under Schedule 5 of that Act, wh...

Personally, I do not see why there is anything wrong with it—but in this Bill itself, I am trying...

I asked a specific question about publishing the code of practice in advance. Can I have an answe...

I thank the noble Lord for that. We would expect regulators and authorities to carry out enforcem...

My Lords, the debate ranged a long way beyond my amendment, and I shall not attempt to summarise ...

Moved by

Lord Fox

34: Clause 2, page 3, line 26, at end insert—

“(d) the licens...

My Lords, I also support Amendment 35 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. As opposed to ...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for explaining so expertly what standard essentia...

My Lords, I will be very brief indeed. I have learned a lot from this brief debate and thank both...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Fox and Lord Lansley, for their Amendments 34 and 35. Whe...

I sort of thank the Minister for his response, but not much, because I think he could have acknow...

I want to be very clear that the Department for Business and Trade wants to support businesses of...

I thank the Minister for that offer, which I am sure we will take him up on. If the Government wi...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

38: Clause 2, page 3, line 37, at end insert—

“(7A) Provi...

My Lords, there was a substantial debate on a previous day and earlier group on whether product r...

My Lords, I will be brief. The noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has made a fairly persuasive case for th...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for introducing his amendments so incredibly clear...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for tabling Amendments 38 and 43. I know from whe...

Which legislation is the Minister referring to? Is it not Part 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, ...

I have been told by officials that it is a specific product regulation.

Where is the power? Is it in the Consumer Protection Act?

I will write to the noble Lord on that.

On Amendment 43, the Government published a memoran...

I am grateful to the Minister for his response. He has obviously taken some trouble to think abou...

Moved by

Lord Foster of Bath

44: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

Amendment 41 was tabled by my noble friend Lady Brinton but, as I have explained, she is unable t...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 55 and 56 in my name. I start by commending my noble friend ...

Briefly, I of course support these four amendments from my noble friends, but I will say a few wo...

My Lords, I will be very brief. I found that a most interesting explanation of lithium-ion batter...

My Lords, it is worth mentioning because we have raised the issue and it is picked up whenever we...

Again, I think that my ignorance probably suggests that the public ought to be slightly better in...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have spoken, in particular the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for...

My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Redesdale, I thank the Minister for his kind offer to...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

46: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, members of the Committee will be aware that there are concerns relating to the suitabil...

I will briefly respond to the noble Earl. He is right to raise this issue, which is clearly impor...

My Lords, it is very good to respond to this debate. I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Fox...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that reply and I am certainly prepared to accept...

Moved by

Lord Hope of Craighead

47: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Th...

My Lords, I have been informed that we are not going to take the last group, and the Minister is ...

My Lords, it is an enormous privilege to have been in a position to add my name to these two amen...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Foster will speak to his Amendment 102 in a few minutes, but it ma...

My Lords, it is an enormous pleasure to follow my noble friend and the two noble and learned Lord...

My Lords, I thank all four noble Lords for their remarks, which I found absolutely fascinating. I...

My Lords, this has been a really interesting group of amendments on which to finish our deliberat...

Does it not therefore draw attention to the vital importance of very effective enforcement taking...

My Lords, the noble Lord always poses his questions wishing me to say “yes”. I am sympathetic to ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response to my amendments and for his assurances ...

My Lords, of course, I very much welcome that. It is worth just referring to Section 10 of the 20...

The Minister is right. Consensus lies at the heart of the common framework system. There will not...