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HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I have put my name to the amendments tabled by the noble and learned Lord and have tabled amendments of my own. As the noble and learned Lord said, his amendments simply…07 Mar 2022HANSARDOrgan Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.04 Mar 2022HANSARDOrgan Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Merron for her kind remarks, and to the Minister, who has given up quite a lot of time to allow us to discuss this. As he…04 Mar 2022HANSARDOrgan Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]My Lords, I express my thanks to the noble Lords, Lord Alton and Lord Ribeiro, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Finlay and Lady Northover, for their support. I also thank Victoria…04 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, would the noble Lord be surprised to hear the rumours that the Treasury has prevented the Minister from responding in a positive way to this amendment?03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, it is a great honour for my two amendments to be grouped with that in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Alton and Lord Blencathra. As the noble Lord has discussed the…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, first, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, on the brevity of her remarks, which is a model for Report stage. I think she put this across very well indeed…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I will just speak to my Amendments 111 and 168. On Amendment 111, when the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton and Lady Masham, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay,…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I have no doubt that when the Minister responds he will say that the Secretary of State is likely to use this power very rarely. The point is that the moment the health…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am sorry to interrupt, but does the Minister not take my point that it is not that Ministers will have to use those powers; it is that they have powers that will change…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for her outstanding work in this area. I was very moved by the remarks of my noble friend Lord Howarth in tribute to…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, before the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, speaks, I congratulate her and the Minister on Amendment 31. I also want to ask a question. It very much looks as if the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I added my name to the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, and echo the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, on the Minister’s offer in Committee to go back to…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, if NHS England is determined to tackle conflicts of interest head on, why is it building them into the whole structure of integrated care boards? Let us think about an…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, as this is my first contribution on Report, I declare my interests as a member of the GMC board and president of GS1, the British Fluoridation Society, the HCA and HCSA.…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will remove all visa restrictions for refugees coming from Ukraine.28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesMy Lords, that is a very disappointing response to the critical position which so many people face in Ukraine. Last week, the Prime Minister said that this country would do what…28 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19My Lords, I refer to the SAGE advice, from the last meeting, that the Leader mentioned. It was said that some people may take the removal of free and accessible testing as a…22 Feb 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I sympathise with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, on the issue he raised about the pass reader. It seems to me that the reason that we are continuing with it is for the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDOrgan Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]That the order of commitment be discharged.10 Feb 2022