Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

With the Northern Ireland component, a time constraint was imposed on the Committee, and people h...

I am grateful to both noble Baronesses for their responses. I think that this provides a basis on...

I thank the noble Earl. I think that we probably need to continue this discussion, to make sure t...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

8: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, leave out “have regard to” an...

The amendment, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Hunt, gives the Secretary of State a d...

I shall speak briefly to Amendments 9 and 13. I should start by saying that I enthusiastically su...

I shall speak to Amendments 10, 12, 74 and 75 on the second Marshalled List, and I thank the nobl...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, and her enormousl...

My Lords, although I am a member of the GMC board, I am not speaking on behalf of the GMC on this...

My Lords, I speak to Amendments 10, 12 and 74, to which I have added my name. Although I support ...

My Lords, as I was not able to get in following the comments made by the noble Earl, Lord Howe, I...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Patel. I commend his work on patient sa...

My Lords, I have spent far too much time with patients harmed by medicines and medical devices go...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow other noble Lords, the majority of whom I completely agree w...

I fully support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lady Cumberlege, and pay tribute to...

My Lords, I wholeheartedly support Amendment 74 and similar amendments in this group. Nothing is ...

My Lords, I would like to support Amendments 10, 12, 74 and 75, in the name of the noble Baroness...

We seem to have lost the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar.

Or is it that in some way—

Lord Kakkar, please keep going. We lost you for a minute.

Is the Minister able to indicate why there might be anxiety about giving priority to safety? Is i...

My Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this important debate, to which I ha...

My Lords, I support Amendment 12 and the other amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I agree with every word of his cont...

The noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, has withdrawn from the debate, so I call th...

My Lords, I give profound thanks for the debate on this group and start by reassuring the Committ...

My Lords, I have received one request to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. Could he say a little more about the Government’...

I will be candid with the noble Lord. The Cumberlege report has put patient safety absolutely at ...

My Lords, I will have one more go to get the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, to join us. Lady Jolly? ...

I thank the Minister for his reply and all noble Lords who took part in what has been a worthwhil...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 14. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

14: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out paragraph (c) and inse...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 14, I will also speak to Amendments 57 and 77 in my name. These all...

My Lords, the next speaker was to have been the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly. I am afraid we have n...

I want specifically to refer to Amendment 16 in this group, which is in my name and that of the n...

My Lords, before I call the next speaker, I should just inform the Committee that we now know tha...

Can I just follow the noble Lord, Lord Lansley? Clearly, we are going to continue teasing out “at...

I call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Patel. Lord Patel? Oh dear, we are not having a gre...

Yes, I am.

I am sorry. We could not hear you and we still cannot see you.

Can you see me now?

Ah! You are with us in all your glory. Please continue.

Not much glory, but thank you very much.

Before I talk about the amendments I intended to s...

My Lords, I understand that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, who was due to speak next, is...

My Lords, I support Amendment 20 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, to which I hav...

That was commendably brief. I call the next speaker.

My Lords, in supporting Amendment 61 and the others in this group, I declare an interest as I hav...

My Lords, I echo the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Masham, about the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, this group begins with the Government’s minimal attempt to define the word “attractiven...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 15, but I begin by supporting Amendment 16, in the names of t...

I thank all the speakers who supported our Amendment 20 and the amendments that follow on from it...

My Lords, this has been an important discussion as to what attractiveness of the UK means. We hav...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 17. I remind noble Lords that anyone ...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

17: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert—

“( ) the ef...

The amendment is in my name and that of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf. This group includ...

My Lords, my Amendment 124 concerns NICE’s current review of its methods and processes as part of...

My Lords, unfortunately, a connection has not been made with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woo...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to be able to follow the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Lansley, on t...

My Lords, although I was the shadow Health Secretary for two years in the 1990s, I speak with som...

My Lords, there is no need for me to speak at length because I agree with much of what has been s...

My Lords, I thank your Lordships for allowing me to come off the substitutes’ bench to take part ...

My Lords, we are grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, and my noble friend Lord Hunt for amen...

My Lords, if the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, speaks with temerity given the other speakers on this...

My Lords, I have received no request to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord ...

I am most grateful to all noble Lords who participated in this debate, which I thought was very g...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 18. I remind noble Lords that anyone ...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

18: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end inser...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 25, 41, 80 and 91, which are also in my name.

My...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, has withdrawn from the debate so I call the noble Bar...

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, who introduced...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for tabling these amendments so...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, is a tireless champion of matters env...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for adding to the outline that I provided on t...

We now come to Amendment 19. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister...

Moved by

Baroness Sheehan

19: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert—

“(d) ci...

My Lords, I metaphorically rise to move Amendment 19, which is in my name and that of my noble fr...

My Lords, in her prescient, topical and important speech, the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, asked...

My Lords, I support Amendment 19, which would have been important at any time, but is, of course,...

My Lords, the Government take an enormous number of powers to make regulations in the Bill.