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HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]No, I think it is not. I do think that there are many cases involving defendants or suspects in cases of sexual abuse, grooming and so forth, where the publicity may well lead to…01 Mar 2019HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lord Paddick on the excellent way he opened the debate on the Bill so lucidly and eloquently. He has, of course, campaigned for…01 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I do not need to reflect very hard to withdraw what was plainly a probing amendment. I raised an idea and I accept the point that, in the context of many of the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill21 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group concern the Henry VIII powers in the Bill. Without going into the details of the drafting of my amendments, because they hang together, I…21 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for assuring us that she is listening to the criticisms, that the Government have seen the point of them, and that she will consider…21 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, for years many of us have believed that the procedures for considering statutory instruments have been unsatisfactory. Whether any statutory instrument is to be passed…21 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill21 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 35 and 36 in this group, which are in my name. What I say is entirely without prejudice to what I said on the last group: changing the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillDoes the noble Lord accept that all Parliament can do to treaties is withhold agreement in the House of Commons? Is he seriously arguing that that is sufficient scrutiny of…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendment in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. As the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, pointed out in moving the amendment, our…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I propose to withdraw the amendment at this stage. We have had a lively debate, and I am grateful to everybody who has taken part in it and extremely grateful to the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillThat is a helpful intervention. It brings me back to the point that all that Parliament can do under CRaG is for the House of Commons to reject the entire treaty. If there is a…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillThe noble Lord makes the point that whatever innocuous motivations may be expressed by Ministers at this stage, the powers in the Bill go far further. If there comes a stage where…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillIt is right that Clause 1 allows the Secretary of State to make payments out, but the point is that the regulations in Clause 2 provide for giving effect to a healthcare…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I make no aspersions on either the motivation or the interests of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, but I think the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, was right to draw attention to…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillThat does not, as I understand it, prevent the Government offering other countries access to the NHS on terms that are sweet for them.19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillIt simply does: you can make a healthcare arrangement with countries outside the United Kingdom in return for access to healthcare within the United Kingdom, on the same basis as…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, this group contains two amendments. Amendment 4 is in my name and the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Finlay of Llandaff and Lady Watkins of Tavistock. Amendment 10…19 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for that intervention: I did not know the facts about the involvement of certain members of our political establishment in healthcare arrangements. I agree…19 Feb 2019