Care Bill [HL]

My Lords, before I move to the matter in hand, I thank noble Lords for the tremendous dedication ...

This is a question not of local authorities promoting but of their protecting. There is surely a ...

I hope that my noble friend will on reflection agree that promotion is very much a part of the lo...

I am minded to vote for the amendment but perhaps the Minister can explain why there is a great d...

I tried to explain that there is none. There is no primary duty in statute on the National Health...

Does my noble friend appreciate that only very recently we were given a sharp lesson? Unless a la...

I agree with my noble friend, which is precisely why I am resisting the word “spiritual”. I do no...

My Lords, I must say that my noble friend has put before us a rather fine argument. It strikes me...

Moved by

Earl Howe

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 9, leave out “and feelings” and insert “...

Moved by

Lord Lipsey

3: Clause 4, page 5, line 5, at end insert—

“( ) Regulatio...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interest as the unremunerated president of the Society of Late...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of the amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, spo...

My Lords, I was the third member of the delegation, so to speak, with whom the noble Earl met and...

My Lords, speaking as president of the Local Government Association, I can confirm that the LGA s...

My Lords, perhaps I may raise a couple of points with the noble Earl, Lord Howe, on this. First, ...

My Lords, Amendment 3 brings us once again to the important matter of financial advice. As we hav...

My Lords, I could not have put it half as well myself. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Earl Howe

4: Clause 17, page 17, line 10, leave out second “levels” and inse...

My Lords, it will probably be of assistance if I speak to these two amendments. In moving Amendme...

My Lords, I rise briefly indeed to welcome Amendment 6 and what I see as the further strengthenin...

Moved by

Lord Lipsey

5: Clause 35, page 31, line 20, at end insert—

“( ) The re...

My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot be so succinct this time. I might be acquitted of exaggeratio...

My Lords, I am looking forward to the response of the noble Earl, Lord Howe, and hope that he can...

My Lords, Amendment 5 returns us to the issue of deferred payments. I begin by saying that I welc...

Before the Minister sits down, will he confirm that if a house has to be sold, after the repaymen...

My understanding is that the short answer is yes. There is no reason why potential beneficiaries ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. It is tempting to go further into the minutiae of t...

Moved by

Earl Howe

6: Clause 64, page 53, line 34, after “benefit” insert “to the you...

Moved by

Lord Patel of Bradford

7: Clause 75, page 68, line 14, at end insert—

...

My Lords, I once again thank the Minister for taking time to speak to me last week about my conti...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Patel, because I agree that this is an extremely worryin...

My Lords, from what my noble friend Lord Patel has said, it is clear that the issue of safeguardi...

My Lords, I will begin by making absolutely clear that we agree that all prisons and approved pre...

My Lords, how will the Government ensure that the guidance is carried out? Would a report not be ...

My Lords, the Ministry of Justice will want to ensure that the guidance is adhered to and the dep...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for taking time to talk to me about these concerns and providing...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord. For clarification, the provision that he has cited says tha...

The fact that we each have looked at that provision in a different light suggests that it may be ...