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HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]22 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and to noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. The Minister is an eternal optimist and I liked his description of the Bill as a…22 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren with Genetic Conditions: Specialist SupportMy Lords, I would like to add to the list that the Minister is going to take to the Department of Health and Social Care. This is about CAMH services. Clearly, the last 12 months…15 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, is there not a problem in looking for a different approach in the future? The precedent set by the Government’s attitude to Parliament fills one with a great deal of…15 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am saying that Clause 4 should not stand part of the Bill. We have now discussed Clause 4 extensively in the last three debates. I do not intend to go over the ground…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 60, to which my noble friend will refer in the wind-up, and will also speak in favour of Amendment 37. Amendment 37, as we have heard, makes…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]I suspect that we should be wary of what we wish for, and that the Minister is now going to take his revenge in the number of letters that we will receive over what I hope will be…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response. He said he would consider this between now and Report, which I am very grateful for. He then referred to Clause 4, making…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]As we are starting the second day of Committee, I declare my interest again as a member of the GMC board, although clearly, I am not speaking on its behalf. I put my name to the…14 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccines and PregnancyMy Lords, would it not be a good idea if the Chief Nursing Officer and the Chief Midwifery Officer gave a conference from Downing Street to reinforce the message that the Minister…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am using the stand part debate on Clause 1 to raise my general concern about the extensive power given to Ministers without adequate justification or explanation. On…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been an interesting debate and I am grateful to the Minister. At heart, he is saying that the Bill is proportionate, but the speeches from the noble Baroness,…09 Jun 2021HANSARDPassport and Visa MeasuresMy Lords, what a depressing advert for global Britain. Thousands of schoolchildren from Europe will not now be visiting our country since they will no longer be able to use an EU…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, as we are at the start of the Committee stage, I declare my interest as a board member of the GMC, although I am speaking on the Bill in a personal capacity. I support…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer to my interest as a member of the GMC board for the sake of this group of amendments. Like the noble Lord, Lord Patel, I welcome the government amendments and…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord. I put my name to these amendments because I regard full and transparent consultation as very important. At its…09 Jun 2021HANSARDPassport and Visa MeasuresTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review their decision not to exempt young people from European Union member states on school trips to the United Kingdom…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes—I so agree with her. At the moment, Clause 3 gives Ministers a blank sheet to do whatever they wish, and I am afraid…09 Jun 2021HANSARDNHS Digital: Primary Care Medical RecordsMy Lords, I am fully behind the sharing of information, for the reasons that the Minister explained. But does he agree that to ensure public confidence, the Government have to do…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Variant B.1.617.2My Lords, can the noble Lord update the House on the potential vaccination of secondary school children?26 May 2021