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HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, at the risk of being boring, I am one of those people who has been asking for this for the last 20 years. I started off asking for the number of units of alcohol in a…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I have in my hands the latest cancer waiting time figures. It is very unfortunate that, despite the hard work of NHS staff, every single metric was worse in January than…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I think the mood of the House is that the Front Benches—16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, before I make any comments about the amendment, I want to make it very clear that this Front Bench believes that it does not change the law on abortion. It is just about…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI absolutely accept that point.16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI accept that a lot of people have shown some self-discipline and resisted speaking, but the tally is 10 women in favour and four men and four women against—and the noble Lord,…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I sense that the House would like to move to the Front-Bench speeches. I should like to say first that I have not been briefed by Stonewall. My views are my own and not…16 Mar 2022HANSARDNo-fault DivorceMy Lords, let us not put the cart before the horse by changing the law before thinking about the most acrimonious part of divorce. Is it not true that a no-fault divorce does not…15 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I well recall hearing Jeremy Hunt announce that we would have this organisation and thinking at the time how important it would be in turning the NHS into a learning…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, we on these Benches, as has been said, support both amendments in this group. I just ask the Minister one question. We have heard about people who might have to give up…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillIn the case the noble Earl has just mentioned, could not the coroner have obtained the information by another means?07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, these Benches support Amendments 141, 143 and 144A. I congratulate all who have spoken and laid out the very important issues that we are talking about in this group. I…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I wish we were talking about restricting the advertising of gambling; that would have more effect on the health of the country than this. However, these are very…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, China has been found out. Thanks to surveillance and other types of technology, and courageous on-the-ground reporting, it is clear that China does use slave labour. As…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI cannot believe that the Minister meant to imply that all the structures being set up in this Bill are not accountable, because there are a whole lot of accountability measures…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillBefore the Minister answers that question, I wonder if he would be kind enough to answer two from me. He just gave a list of what the powers will not be used for, but could he…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, Amendment 84 is intended to remove the powers of the Secretary of State, in Clause 40, to intervene in decisions on reconfigurations of health services. I said in…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, on the way she introduced Amendment 80—it was masterful. I point out that she took this amendment from the right…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the CQC is a competent and independent organisation. Long may that continue, and any attempt to trammel it is unwelcome. We have here a 265-page Bill. If the CQC cannot…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has made some important and sensible points, and I look forward to hearing the Minister’s reply. My noble friend Lord Scriven raised the…03 Mar 2022