Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill
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2014-15Chamber / Committee
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Thursday, 12 June 2014
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I beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 4, at end insert—
“( ) Nothing in this Act confers ...
I know that my hon. Friend is a very good forensic lawyer. I have the same dilemma as he does: it...
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As I would expect, my hon. Friend asks a very good question. It comes from the media grid in the ...
It might help the House if I quote from the House of Common research paper:
“The Bill would...
Indeed. In responding to this amendment in Committee, in flat contradiction to what I have just q...
The introductory comments by the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter) are typical of his fo...
Does the Minister accept that if first aid was made part of the national curriculum, there would ...
It is eminently sensible that everyone should have some education in first aid, but as far as the...
I am obliged to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I wonder whether he could define “heroism”, wh...
May I respectfully say to the hon. Gentleman that we are dealing with amendment 1, not heroism, w...
The hon. Gentleman and I have known each other a long time. We are good friends and I have a high...
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: we are good friends—I hope his Whips will not hold that a...
I will give way, but I want to answer the question that was put to me. The Compensation Act 2006 ...
Order. The Minister is a legendarily diligent and conscientious fellow and among the most courteo...
I am certainly trying, Mr Speaker.
I am not too familiar with this Bill and I was a not a m...
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but I shall do as guided by Mr Speaker, as self-defence is n...
I shall not press the amendment to the vote; we can continue our discussion in connection with th...
I beg to move amendment 2, page 1, line 12, leave out “generally”.
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment 3, page 1, line 13, lea...
I will deal briefly at the end with the amendment relating to clause 4. It raises the issue posed...
Amendment 2 proposes leaving out the word “generally”, in the context of the person who might hav...
At best, the word “generally” adds nothing to clause 3. At worst, it could mean that everything i...
Will the shadow Minister join me in congratulating all those involved in producing the Health and...
I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. The Act was a landmark piece of legislation—one of th...
I am sure my hon. Friend has noticed that a Labour Government introduced the Health and Safety at...
This Government have already been responsible for full-frontal, across-the board assaults on heal...
The one thing the person will not think about when he or she sees something that they could help ...
I could not agree more. The hon. Gentleman’s comments undermine the whole purpose of this Bill, w...
Does my hon. Friend share my concern that we have to make sure that this is pushed through under ...
Indeed. The Minister must be picking up, if not from this debate, but from the Bill’s previous st...
I totally agree with the hon. Gentleman on amendment 6, and I would happily vote with him if he p...
I assure the hon. Gentleman that I listen carefully to everything he says and give it exactly the...
As the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter) said, the issues were debated at length in Comm...
I am both fascinated and amazed by the hosepipe case. Does my hon. Friend know what happened to t...
I do not know the outcome, but the fact that those people took legal action in the first place is...
What parameters is the Minister setting for courts by including such a woolly, vague and indeterm...
It is not for me or this place to dictate to the courts the decisions that they should come to. I...
On a point of clarification, if the Minister is saying that there is a change of law in clause 3 ...
As I said in Committee, where we debated this at length, clause 3 does make a change, for the rea...
I do not have an objection on the same grounds as St John Ambulance or the Fire Brigades Union. M...
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me the opportunity to clarify the point, and I regret ...
Will my hon. Friend indulge me one more time?
I appear to be speaking in a different language. I clearly cannot get through to the Minister so ...
My hon. Friend will appreciate that hypothetical examples are somewhat redundant, given that I me...
Ah, Sir Edward Garnier.
I do not know whether it is “Ah, Bisto” or just “Ah”, but thank you, Mr Speaker.
Ah, in a state of eager anticipation.
You should hold your horses, Mr Speaker.
All of us who have practised as lawyers, and my ho...
Not quite that.
Between now and the Bill’s arrival in the other place, I urge Ministers and...
I will take one of the hints from Government Members—I am not going to encourage more than one vo...
Is not this shambles of a silly Bill a good example of why the person holding the office of Lord ...
I am not going to go down that route today. The Lord Chancellor does not often grace the House wi...
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
I thank all hon. Members who serve...
I, too, thank all those involved in the passage of the Bill through this House. I will keep my co...