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Health Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 4 February 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Darzi of Denham. The answering member was Earl Howe.
Health Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

707 c671-756 

Session

2008-09

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Tonge | 707 c678-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have struggled for quite a while to find an opening line, which is always terribly impor...
Baroness Emerton | 707 c681-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to take part in the Second Reading of the Health Bill. Last yea...

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Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 707 c683-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must admit that I was tempted to set aside my speech after listening to the noble Barone...
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c671-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Bill contains important measures to increase the quality of NHS care, to raise the per...
Lord Naseby | 707 c676-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe in the National Health Service. I married into it, my family have worked in it, ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 707 c727-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton. I think that I s...
Baroness Masham of Ilton | 707 c724-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have great admiration for the hard work that the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, has undertaken ...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 707 c724 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, a lot of small shops are run by people from the Commonwealth who provide a good servi...
Lord Selsdon | 707 c734-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is extraordinarily difficult for me to know where to begin, so I think I will begin wit...
Baroness Goudie | 707 c732-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak on this occasion in support of the Bill. I am particularly delighted that my noble...
Lord Tomlinson | 707 c739-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by congratulating my noble friend Lord Darzi on being the driving force behind cha...
Lord Selsdon | 707 c737 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do need a bit of help, because this is what people do now. I say, ““Isn’t there anything...
Lord Monson | 707 c737-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Selsdon, is a very difficult act to follow, as always. I am sure that...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 707 c712-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know that this Bill comes to us with the best of intentions and, indeed, I agree with so...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 707 c710-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I always have two main interests in any health Bill in your Lordships’ House. My first int...
Baroness Wilkins | 707 c717-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, today the quality of contribution from what has been called the ““mobile Bench”” has reach...
Baroness Golding | 707 c715-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, because of my great age, I first came into the health service a long time ago, when it fir...
Baroness Greengross | 707 c720-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and a vice-p...
Earl of Liverpool | 707 c719-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that there are some good aspirations and proposals in Parts 1 and 2 of the Bill ...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 707 c722-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is for a family of four. Four times 1,700 is 6,800, I believe. The service is paid fo...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 707 c695-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am slightly nervous about standing up, after what the noble Baroness said about the clar...
Baroness Murphy | 707 c693-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to concentrate in my contribution today on quality accounts; but before I do, I wou...
Lord Rea | 707 c691-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow such a useful, moving and amusing speech. On behalf of th...
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 707 c689-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, will forgive me: weather conditions make it diffic...
Lord Tugendhat | 707 c687-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest at the outset as I work in the National Health Service. Before sayin...
Lord Walton of Detchant | 707 c707-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas of Winchester, for her kind words. I...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 707 c702-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also welcome the Bill. Obviously, it could have contained everything else—obesity, alcoh...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 707 c705-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as an honorary vice-president of the Muscular Dystrophy C...
Baroness Meacher | 707 c699-700 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I broadly support the Bill, although I believe that there are one or two areas where minor...
Lord Turnberg | 707 c700-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I appreciate the wise contributions of the three noble Baronesses who preceded me; what th...
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c749-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank noble Lords for a lively and informed discussion. It has become customary to decla...
Earl Howe | 707 c746-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the Minister will have been gratified by the general content and tone of th...
Baroness Barker | 707 c743-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, on bringing forward his first Bill for consider...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 707 c741-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had an informed and interesting debate, but time is going on, so I shall confine m...
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c752-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be more than happy to come back to that. I cannot commit to a date while standing i...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 707 c752 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is it possible for a date to be given?
Lord Darzi of Denham | 707 c751-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, obviously the confusion continues. We are committed to single-sex accommodation, as we hav...
Lord Naseby | 707 c751 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, just so that we are all quite clear on the subject of mixed-sex wards, the Minister said, ...
Lord Palmer | 707 c730-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take part in today’s debate on this Bill with a degree of trepidation. As a resident of ...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 707 c722 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the National Health Service is a great service, but it is 60 years old. I have previously ...
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