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HANSARD[P002354]I rise to present two petitions in the same terms signed by over 400 people on behalf of Highters Heath Nursery School in Billesley and Allens Croft Nursery School in Brandwood in…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Teacher Recruitment and Retention StrategyIt is good that the Government finally accept that there is a recruitment and retention problem, but when does the Minister hope to wake up to the budget problems that are causing…28 Jan 2019HANSARDCourts IT SystemDoes the Minister accept that it is not quite fair to characterise this as a single or unusual event, and that her Department has been receiving reports of failures in the…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Town of Culture AwardDo you want to make a concluding remark, Mr Hanson?23 Jan 2019HANSARD Town of Culture AwardOrder. I want to start the wind-up speeches at 5.44 pm.23 Jan 2019HANSARD Town of Culture AwardThis debate is obviously not very popular! It is scheduled to run until four minutes past 6 and about 15 people have put in to speak, so I guess that is about two minutes each. I…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleOkay. I call the Minister.23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleOrder. Have you finished, Mr Dowd?23 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersI should explain that we are running 30 minutes or so behind schedule because of votes in the main Chamber earlier. We now move to the debate on furniture manufacturers. I call…23 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I was going to put a similar point to my hon. Friend. The danger in the Minister’s assertion is that she puts all her faith in the official position, in the position of the…22 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The Minister cites the Law Commission, but is it not the case that the Law Society recommended this very type of safeguard?22 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I do not know whether I am being a bit paranoid about this, but is there a danger that this could become the easy get-out clause? It will be a bit complicated to get all the…22 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I wonder whether the Minister can explain how, if there was consultation with stakeholders, my hon. Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles South has that impressive list of…22 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I, too, want to support amendment 46. I would like to draw on a case study that has been provided by the organisation POhWER, which concerns an arranged marriage. I wish to draw…22 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I think the Minister covered the point made by the hon. Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis when she cited the small number of situations she thought could be distressing or…22 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)My amendments were probing amendments, so I do not wish to push them to a vote. I hope the Minister will reflect again on what I said about monitoring how the detention periods…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 51, in schedule 1, page 12, line 40, at end insert— “(h) the cared for person has access to an Approved Mental Capacity Professional”. This amendment is…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I defer to my hon. Friend’s much greater expertise in the area, but my gut instinct is to say, “Absolutely not.” I would have thought that skills were an essential third part of…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Absolutely; I agree entirely. That makes more sense than the way I have been saying it. I accept that the amendment is clumsy and not well drafted, but I hope that it is clear…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for that. Why does the wording suggest that the person should “appear” to have the appropriate experience? That does not sound quite as precise to…17 Jan 2019