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Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill

Lords report stage. Amendment to clause 1 agreed to on division (262 votes to 226). Amendment to clause 2 agreed to on division (254 votes to 216). Government amendments agreed to. Other amendments withdrawn or not moved. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 166).

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

796 cc918-967 

Session

2017-19

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill 2017-19. Brought from the Commons.
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Bills
House of Lords
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill 2017-19. As amended on Report.
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2019-0346
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Thornton | 796 c918 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out “outside the United...

Baroness Thornton | 796 cc918-921 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 1 and speak to consequential Amendments 2, 12, 13, 14, 45, 46 ...


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Lord Judge | 796 c920 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her efforts to improve the Bill and her courtesy in accommodat...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 796 cc920-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have in my name Amendment 4, which has a great deal in common with the other amendmen...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 796 cc922-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Thornton who has done a splendid job in dealing with thi...

Baroness Jolly | 796 c923 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too support the amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and my ...

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen | 796 c923 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I cannot agree with these amendments. As we pointed out during the progression of the B...

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen | 796 c924 (Link to this contribution)

No, let me finish. The Bill will not replace or limit the prerogative power to enter into interna...

Lord Ribeiro | 796 c924 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is an enabling Bill and no more. In a letter to the chairman of the Delegated Powe...

Baroness Brinton | 796 cc924-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, both the noble Lord, Lord Ribeiro, and the noble Baroness, Lady Chisholm of Owlpen, are...

Lord Judd | 796 c925 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too find this amendment imperative. The Bill as it stands has some exciting prospects...

Lord Wilson of Dinton | 796 cc925-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to follow the last two speakers; they have eloquently made the case for suppo...

Lord O'Shaughnessy | 796 c926 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, although I do not agree with it, a lot of scepticism about the scope of the Bill has be...

Baroness Brinton | 796 c926 (Link to this contribution)

Please allow me to intervene; I am afraid I cannot stand up to do so.

Is the noble Lord sug...

Lord O'Shaughnessy | 796 c927 (Link to this contribution)

I think the noble Baroness knows that that is not what I am saying. We will miss out on the oppor...

Viscount Bridgeman | 796 c927 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am privileged to follow my noble friend Lord O’Shaughnessy, and I am sure that Peers ...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 cc927-931 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Thornton and Lady Jolly, and

Baroness Thornton | 796 cc931-2 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for her remarks and for the attention that she has paid to this matter all t...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c932 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

2: Clause 2, page 1, line 8, leave out “outside the United...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 796 c936 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

3: Clause 2, page 1, line 10, at end insert—<...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 796 cc936-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as I should have done at the beginning of the first group, I thank the Minister for her...

Baroness Thornton | 796 cc937-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for his exposition, which saves me from exploring yet again t...

Lord Judge | 796 c938 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have here a new example of constitution-making. We have now got rid of Henry VIII in...

Lord Tyler | 796 cc938-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge; he has been totally co...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 796 c939 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think that the noble Lord is right in saying that we are establishing a precedent, bu...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 cc939-942 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for tabling Amendment 3 and the noble Baroness, Lad...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 796 c940 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall seek leave to withdraw my amendment, because I feel very much under pressure fr...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 796 c943 (Link to this contribution)

Tabled by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

4: Clause 2, page 1, line 11, leave out subs...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 796 c943 (Link to this contribution)

Amendment 4 is, I think, consequential on Amendment 1.

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 796 c943 (Link to this contribution)

I am not sure that Amendment 4 is entirely consequential, so it is probably better if I do not mo...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c943 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

5: Clause 2, page 1, line 11, leave out “, for example”

Baroness Thornton | 796 c943 (Link to this contribution)

I listened very carefully to the Minister and I am not convinced, partly because the regulations ...

Lord Woolf | 796 c943 (Link to this contribution)

Does the noble Baroness agree that, with “for example”, you may not be extending the jurisdiction...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c943 (Link to this contribution)

I hate to disagree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, but the words “for example” expan...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 c944 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

6: Clause 2, page 2, line 1, leave out “o...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 c944 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

9: Clause 2, page 2, line 8, at end inser...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 cc944-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Bill’s delegated powers and their global application have been a source of spirited...

Lord Lansley | 796 c948 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend will forgive me if I ask for a point of clarification. If Amendment 9 i...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c948 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for tabling this sunset clause; she is quite right to do so. I had not thoug...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 c948 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for his question. This power enables a unilateral scheme, so...

Lord Judge | 796 c948 (Link to this contribution)

Tabled by

Lord Judge

10: Clause 2, page 2, line 8, at end insert—

“( ) No regul...

Lord Judge | 796 c948 (Link to this contribution)

Given the result of the Division earlier this afternoon, I do not intend to move this amendment. ...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c948 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

11: Clause 3, page 2, line 16, leave out “outside the Unit...

Lord Clement-Jones | 796 c950 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

14: Clause 4, page 2, line 38, at end insert—

“( ) ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 796 cc950-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 14, and your Lordships will be pleased to hear that I will be b...

Lord O'Shaughnessy | 796 cc951-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for giving the House the opportuni...

Lord Clement-Jones | 796 c952 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord used the expression, “giving force”. If those principles are given force...

Lord Patel | 796 c952 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I had amendments that the Minister responded to at the Dispatch Box and I accepted her ...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c952 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I added my name to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and...

Baroness Manzoor | 796 cc952-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Jolly and La...

Lord Clement-Jones | 796 c954 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, that was exactly the kind of robust response from the Minister that I was hoping for. I...

Baroness Manzoor | 796 c955 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Manzoor

15: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—

...

Baroness Manzoor | 796 cc955-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in Committee, the noble Baronesses, Lady Thornton, Lady Jolly, and Lady Humphreys, tabl...

Baroness Wheeler | 796 cc956-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support this important amendment, to which I have added my name on behalf of these Be...

Baroness Humphreys | 796 c957 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for introducing the amendment and for the implicit ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 796 c957 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I signed the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, in Committee. ...

Baroness Manzoor | 796 c958 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Wheeler and Lady Humphreys, for their support for th...

Baroness Manzoor | 796 c958 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Manzoor

16: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—

...

Baroness Manzoor | 796 cc958-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, financial reporting in the context of the Bill has already been the subject of debate i...

Baroness Thornton | 796 cc959-960 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

17: After Clause 4, leave out subsection (2) and insert—

Baroness Thornton | 796 c960 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a probing amendment to Amendment 16. I am seeking reassurance about the content...

Baroness Brinton | 796 c960 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. Without repeating o...

Lord Lansley | 796 cc960-1 (Link to this contribution)

Further to that point, I think following the list exactly may be the most difficult thing for the...

Baroness Brinton | 796 c961 (Link to this contribution)

Under current arrangements, the National Audit Office is able to tell us exactly the costs of the...

Lord Lansley | 796 c961 (Link to this contribution)

The costs are exactly what the Government are proposing to report on. The Australian agreement, f...

Baroness Brinton | 796 c961 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to prolong the point but, surely, we would be clocking up those costs in the NHS, even...

Lord Lansley | 796 c961 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister may wish to advise on this. I understand that we probably do not—because there is no...

Baroness Brinton | 796 c961 (Link to this contribution)

I am really sorry to prolong this point but, if we are trying to make sure that new reciprocal ar...

Lord Lansley | 796 c961 (Link to this contribution)

I am making a simpler point: it is no good asking for information that is not collected. There is...

Baroness Manzoor | 796 cc961-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for her amendment and to the noble ...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c962 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister. I said from the outset that this was a probing amendment and I therefore be...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 c962 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

18: Clause 5, page 3, line 38, leave out ...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 cc962-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I now turn directly to the Henry VIII powers of the Bill. As noble Lords know well, the...

Lord Judge | 796 c964 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have already spoken warmly about the efforts by the noble Baroness, Lady Blackwood, a...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 796 c964 (Link to this contribution)

Perhaps I may add a few words to those of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge. I was particula...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c964 (Link to this contribution)

I tabled an amendment in this group. First, I join the noble and learned Lords and all noble Lord...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 cc964-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble and learned Lords for their support for our amendments to Clause 5 and the remo...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 c966 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

19: Clause 5, page 3, line 43, after “law...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 c966 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

20: Clause 5, page 3, line 45, leave out ...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c966 (Link to this contribution)

Tabled by

Baroness Thornton

21: Clause 5, leave out ““this Act which amend, repeal or...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c966 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for her explanation, which of course I accept. I am sorry I did not speak to...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 796 c966 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

24: Clause 5, page 4, line 3, leave out “...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c967 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

27: Clause 6, page 4, line 15, leave out “International” a...

Baroness Thornton | 796 c967 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

28: In the Title, line 1, leave out “outside the United Ki...

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