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Care Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Elton (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 29 October 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Care Bill [HL].

What the noble Baroness has just said prompts me to point out a difficulty. We are in an age when there is controversy about spirituality, when

people can actually lose their jobs over issues of spirituality. If there were to be a case arising under this legislation in which such a matter arose and spirituality was not mentioned in the Bill, the position of those people would be a great deal weaker than if the Bill was amended as my noble friend suggests. Like the Chief Whip, I know that it is contrary to our normal custom to divide at this stage, but it seems that this is an issue of sufficient importance on the one hand and of narrowness of scope on the other to make it both necessary and painless.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

748 c1456 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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