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HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I join the debate briefly to add my thanks to the Government for the amendments on research that they have brought forward in this group. It is extremely helpful, as the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDLobbying of MinistersMy Lords, I was responsible in the other place for the passage of the Bill on transparency of lobbying, et cetera, because Nick Clegg, then the Deputy Prime Minister, did not want…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am sorry to interrupt my noble friend. I do not think we have debated Amendment 10A; it is not in this group.01 Mar 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperMy Lords, paragraph 1.11 of the White Paper states: “Our focus in this document is at place level.” Paragraph 3.11 goes on to state: “Success will depend on making rapid progress…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I have signed once more on Report this amendment, along with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, and I entirely agree with what he just said to the House. That is…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, I very much appreciate what my noble friend on the Front Bench has said by way of response to the several debates that we had on the Bill about the centrality of…09 Feb 2022HANSARDInternational DevelopmentMy Lords, the volcano in Tonga demonstrated the vulnerabilities of island nations in the Pacific—as indeed, in a different way, has the Chinese Government’s intervention in the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow my noble friend Lord Grade. The point he made relates to my own experience in that, when the nutrient profiles in question were introduced in…04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillThe noble Baroness is drawing me into what is a very important debate, but I do not think it is this one in this group. We will come on to it perhaps on Amendment 259 at a later…04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillBefore my noble friend sits down, can I ask her about the nutrient profiling technical guidance? What is the timetable and process for its review?04 Feb 2022HANSARDCPTPP (International Agreements Committee Report)My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the chair of our committee, the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and thank her for so ably presenting the issues that are raised by our report.…01 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportMy Lords, Sue Gray’s report did not extend to the question of what was said to the House of Commons by the Prime Minister in relation to these events over a number of months.…31 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, we have reached the point where my noble friend on the Front Bench—who is doing his job well—should look round for support on his own Benches. I fear all he has got is…31 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I shall be brief. I put my name to Clause 40 stand part, and I think that is the best way to go. I shall add one or two things. First, as Secretary of State, I asked the…26 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am sorry to interrupt my noble friend again but let us be clear: the Secretary of State would be asked to give a direction in line with NHS guidance. There is nothing in the…26 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillLet me give my noble friend one simple example of how this could shift decision-making from NHS bodies to the Secretary of State. We discussed previously, in an earlier group, the…26 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am most grateful for the Minister’s response to that short debate and for the other contributions. I shall certainly look at the Court of Appeal judgment—was it the…26 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am sorry to interrupt when the Committee was making such good progress. This clause brings into effect Schedule 10 as an NHS payment scheme, which is to replace the national…26 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill26 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the purpose of Clause 26 is to introduce a process by which the Care Quality Commission inspects integrated care systems. The structure of this is the subject of my…26 Jan 2022