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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much appreciate the support from around the Committee for my Amendment 115. I support all the other amendments in this group, each of which is designed to bolster…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate in such compelling ways, and I think we can see that when it comes to the experiences of…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]There are two answers to that. First, it is generally unthinkable for a Government to lay regulations without first having consulted the relevant parties. Secondly, if we are…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I venture to say that all the amendments in this group approach similar issues in not dissimilar ways. The most compelling point that perhaps should be underlined in…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble and learned Baroness. I hope it was implicit in what I said that I would look to this Bill to include an order-making power that would enable…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, as well as moving Amendment 46, I will speak also to Amendments 47, 53, 54 and 95 in this group. These amendments have one central aim in common, which is that of…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 23 I shall speak also to the other amendments in this group, Amendments 139 and 141. These amendments, although they may not look it, are all of a…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall be very brief, because other noble Lords have already eloquently articulated the arguments that are almost self-evident about the importance of services for…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, there is little for me to do following the persuasive speech of my noble friend Lady May, other than to say how much I support her in putting forward her amendments. I…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate on this group of amendments. As I trust was clear from my opening speech, all three are intended as probing…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by extending my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, for introducing the Bill into your Lordships’ House and for her very clear exposition of its…25 Nov 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing these regulations, which, as he has explained, fulfil one element of Sir Brian Langstaff’s carefully calibrated…21 Oct 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMy Lords, before this debate began, I reflected that we were about to experience one of those rare occasions in this House in which neither party politics nor personal…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS: Independent InvestigationMy Lords, I am glad we are having this debate on the report by the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, even if the tone set by the Statement—which I am sure noble Lords have read—is, as far…08 Oct 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMy Lords, this is a welcome Statement and I thank the Minister for repeating it. During the passage of the legislation that underpins the creation of the infected blood…30 Jul 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I am grateful to the Leader of the House for explaining the rationale of this Motion, which, as she said, reflects the recent discussions and agreement reached in the…25 Jul 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, mindful that this is somewhat exceptional procedure at this stage of a Bill’s passage, I shall first address the points and questions raised by the noble Baroness, Lady…23 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, certain noble Lords wish to speak to this Motion.23 May 2024