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HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill11 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Dental ServicesMy Lords, I declare my role as chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum. Following on from the question of the noble Baroness, Lady Uddin, will the Minister say how the urgent…10 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, like other noble Lords, I pay my respects to the memory of Lord Sacks. His loss is immeasurable, and I am sure he would have contributed enormously this evening. I have…09 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillI thank the Committee for allowing me to come in a bit late; I apologise for that. Noble Lords have made the main points that I would have made but I simply add this. A large…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Mass Testing ProgrammeMy Lords, I declare my interests in medicine. Given that 55% of GPs, 35% of physicians and 11% of surgeons recently reported that they lack confidence in adequate PPE being…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, financial support is essential to compliance with lockdown. At the start of the Welsh lockdown, the Government declined the Welsh Government’s request for early access…03 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, Amendment 143 is to some extent a coda to our recent discussions on the role of the office for the internal market and to the amendments I moved last week, which were…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for recognising the staying power of some noble Lords, because we have had three days of this debate. I am most grateful to the noble Lord,…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bruce of Bennachie, and my noble and learned friend Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, who has explained, from a constitutional…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, as other noble Lords have explained, the aim of these amendments is to ensure that not only is the office for the internal market appropriately constituted and organised…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, these amendments are part and parcel of the approach that my noble and learned friend Lord Thomas and I, and indeed the Welsh Government, have advocated. It seems…02 Nov 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, I apologise that I could not participate at Second Reading. I had wanted to raise detection of carbon monoxide—a silent killer production of combustion—with fire…29 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, Amendment 104 is almost identical to Amendment 6, which we debated on Monday, and Amendment 69, which I moved only a few hours ago. Those two amendments related,…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, Amendment 21 in my name is effectively consequential on the changes I have already proposed to ensure that the market access principles are applied only once regulations…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord German, for introducing the previous group in my name. Technical difficulties were compounded by a timing clash on legislation in…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this has been an extraordinary debate. At this late hour I cannot possibly do credit to all the amazing speeches that we have had, but I want to highlight a few points.…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the hour is late, and I will shorten what I was going to say. Amendment 78 is intended to achieve exactly the same objective, in respect of Part 2, as my Amendment 6…28 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the powerful speech of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. While the Human Tissue Act 2004 is thorough and comprehensive with…28 Oct 2020