Mesothelioma Bill [HL]

My Lords, first, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on bringing the Bill forward in this...

My Lords, I think—I certainly hope—that every speaker in the debate will welcome the introduction...

My Lords, I will say just a few words in support of this Bill. Mesothelioma is not an easy diseas...

My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on his commitment to the Bill and thank him for promoting i...

My Lords, I admit that this is not the sort of area that I would normally speak about in your Lor...

My Lords, I should like to begin by expressing my heartfelt sympathy to anyone who has, as I have...

My Lords, I, too, thank and congratulate the Minister on bringing the Bill to the House. He is a ...

My Lords, perhaps I may begin by mildly disagreeing with the noble Lord, Lord Howarth. The Minist...

My Lords, I am glad to follow the committed remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Avebury. Nowhere in t...

My Lords, I am pleased to add my voice to those congratulating the Government on moving forward. ...

My Lords, in his opening speech, the Minister benchmarked our knowledge of mesothelioma to 1965. ...

My Lords, when I worked in the Health and Safety Executive, mesothelioma was recognised as the mo...

My Lords, I welcome this Bill as a major step in the right direction but one that needs some aspe...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. Characteristically, despite how...

My Lords, like other noble Lords who have spoken, I welcome the Bill and will not seek to delay i...

My Lords, this has been a very rich debate, suffused with not only the expertise but the passion ...

My Lords, I have been in this House long enough to have an expectation that this would be a high-...

Even before the noble Lord opens his heart to us in Committee, will he look again at the question...

Virtually all noble Lords mentioned the start date. The trouble is that, in principle, this is a ...

I am grateful to the Minister, who is obviously coming to a conclusion, for giving us a lot of hi...

My Lords, if it was done on a voluntary basis by the insurance industry itself, that would be one...