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HANSARDCare Homes: Safety RatingsMy Lords, the Secretary of State in July said that “the CQC is not fit for purpose”. Given the systematic failings still within that organisation, what timescale have the…05 Feb 2025HANSARDCovid Counter-Fraud CommissionerMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the person investigating must have as much transparency as possible? During this sorry affair, whenever we asked questions, the last…05 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillAgain, for the clarity of the record, the Minister has just said about GPs something which completely contradicts what it says on WWW.GOV.UK. It is about whether a GP practice can…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI was pointing out that the average salary bill of a hospice is £1.8 million.04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, listening to noble Lords present the case for Amendment 29, I agreed with every single word that was said. However, the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton, said that an…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillCan the Minister confirm that the £100 million is capital and cannot be used for revenue?04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillJust for absolute clarity, community pharmacists can claim the employment allowance. Of the other two services the noble Baroness mentioned, GPs cannot but dentists can if their…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I wish to speak to the amendments in this group; I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, for introducing it. I draw the Committee’s attention to the fact…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI quote again exactly what it says, which is that “there is no entitlement to the Employment Allowance” for GPs. That is from “Eligibility for Employment Allowance: further…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI understand that the noble Lord may have had other appointments on day one in Committee, but if he had been here then he would have seen that we are totally against it. We gave…04 Feb 2025HANSARDExtremism ReviewMy Lords, it is very pleasing to hear the Minister’s answers. Clearly, the review, even though it was a leak, was not coming up with the right answers; the Home Secretary has made…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNew Hospital Programme ReviewMy Lords, I extend my gratitude to the Minister for the Statement on the pressing issue surrounding the new hospital programme review. This initiative, inherited from the previous…28 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Kamall, quite rightly pointed out that the impact assessment says that the Government have already said that the numbers will be small and the costs…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I welcome the Minister to his first Committee. Clearly, a lot of work has been done on this to work out within 18 months what is required. Will the Minister let the Committee know…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be very brief because of the time. As with the previous group of amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Bradley, we are very supportive of the intention to try to…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I have one very quick question. Throughout the whole of Committee, since day one, the Minister has referred to the code of practice being updated. Can she tell us the date by…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I have listened to the noble Earl’s argument carefully, and in principle I support what he is trying to do. The only problem with leaving the matter to a statutory instrument,…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]The Minister has reeled off a very good list of what is already in place. Have the Government done an assessment to see exactly how that learning is ingrained and how effective it…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 54A and 54B in my name, which are on a very narrow part of the treatment plan for individuals. Before I do that, let me say that I support…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way and sorry for interrupting her flow again. The point about having a staging report after two years is to get ahead and upstream…22 Jan 2025