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Professional Qualifications Bill [HL]

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Wednesday, 9 June 2021, in the House of Lords.
Lords committee stage first day. Clause 1, as amended, agreed to. Clause 2 agreed to.

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812 cc1442-1560 

Session

2021-22

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Committee stage

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House of Lords chamber

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Deposited Paper DEP2021-0489
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
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Deposited Paper DEP2021-0490
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Alderdice | 812 c1442 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask all Members to respect social di...

Lord Fox | 812 c1442 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Fox

1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Purpose...


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Lord Fox | 812 cc1443-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this amendment, I should emphasise to the Minister, is offered very much in the spirit ...

Lord Alderdice | 812 c1444 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes.

Baroness Noakes | 812 c1444 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord is looking at an out-of-date list of speakers.

Lord Alderdice | 812 c1444 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill.

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 812 cc1444-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am rising rather surprised. We have heard my noble friend Lord Fox elegantly put the ...

Lord Alderdice | 812 c1445 (Link to this contribution)

I now invite the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, to make her intervention.

Baroness Noakes | 812 c1445 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I asked the Government Whips’ Office to order the speakers as is normal in the Chamber ...

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd | 812 cc1445-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of Amendment 1. Subject to the clear statement of the ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 812 cc1446-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as we are at the start of the Committee stage, I declare my interest as a board member ...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 cc1447-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, raised her consistent point, for which I give her resp...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1448-1451 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I slightly have the feeling that the back of an envelope was used for the drafting of t...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1450-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Fox, Lord Purvis of Tweed and Lord Palmer of Childs Hill,...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 812 c1452 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Lords, Lord Lansley and Lord...

Lord Lansley | 812 c1452 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, not having participated in this group, I am prompted by the remarks of the noble Lord, ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1454 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if I may, because it is a point of some detail, I will write to my noble friend and pla...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 c1454 (Link to this contribution)

I say to the Minister respectfully: he did not assuage my fears, because he did not address them....

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1454 (Link to this contribution)

I did not believe that my comments on this group would assuage the noble Lord’s fears, but I am s...

Lord Fox | 812 cc1454-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has already been a more interesting debate than I had anticipated. The response of...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 812 c1455 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 2. Anyone wishing to press this or anything els...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1455 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 4, after “or (3)” inser...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1455-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 2 and to speak to Amendments 3, 6 and 10 in this group.

...

Lord Lansley | 812 cc1456-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise that I was not able to be present at Second Reading, so I will not detain n...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 812 c1458 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the government amendments in this group. I want to speak in pa...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 cc1458-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to speak to this group of amendments. My question for the Minister is wh...

Lord Patel | 812 c1459 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for these amendments, as I have spoken at length about th...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 812 cc1459-1460 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to my interest as a member of the GMC board for the sake of this group of amend...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 812 cc1460-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare that I am registered with the General Medical Council and I am president of t...

Baroness Noakes | 812 c1462 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be brief. I support the Government’s amendments in this group and the amendment ...

Lord Fox | 812 cc1462-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join noble Lords in congratulating the Minister on moving quickly on this. I also con...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1463-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as has been said, the changes made are welcome. However, we should reflect that there a...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1464-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have given their careful consideration to the amendments in...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1465 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Lord, Lansley, and then I shall call the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, who has reques...

Lord Lansley | 812 c1465 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have kindly approved of the argument made in Amend...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1465 (Link to this contribution)

I think I have in fact moved Amendment 10. I commended amendments to the House and begged to move...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1465 (Link to this contribution)

May I explain to the Minister that we are debating Amendment 2, with which other amendments are g...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1465 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for that clarification. May I consider that point and come back to the Ho...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 c1466 (Link to this contribution)

If I make a slightly longer intervention than I planned, it might allow the Minister to consult t...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1466 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for the confusion. I am happy to have another look at Amendment 10 in the l...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1466 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out “overseas...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1466 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 4. Anyone wishing to press this or anything els...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 812 c1466 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal

4: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out “substant...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 812 c1466 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wondered if I had drawn the short straw for this set of amendments. It always feels s...

Baroness Randerson | 812 cc1467-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support these amendments. As my noble friend has excellently explained, we are probin...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1468-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the requirement to speak Welsh in Wales is rather important.

I have some sympathy...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1469-1471 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Garden of Frognal, for tabling Amendments 4, 5, 7, 8 a...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1471 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Lord, Lord Fox, who has asked to speak after the Minister.

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Lord Fox | 812 c1471 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister, who has used words to set out why the Government want to put “substantially...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1471 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for that point. Much as noble Lords know, I love giving my opin...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 812 cc1471-2 (Link to this contribution)

I thank everybody who has spoken on this debate, which turned out to be rather more interesting t...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1472 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

6: Clause 1, page 1, line 19, leave out “overseas...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1472 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 9. Anyone wishing to press this or anything els...

Baroness Noakes | 812 c1472 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Noakes

9: Clause 1, page 2, line 2, at end insert—

“(iii) tha...

Baroness Noakes | 812 cc1472-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, who is no longer in his place, explained th...

Lord Lansley | 812 cc1473-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very glad to speak to my Amendment 18 in this group.

In relation to Amendmen...

Lord Bhatia | 812 cc1474-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Explanatory Notes state about Clause 9 that

“a regulator in one part of the U...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 cc1475-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for bringing forward these amendments. She is very modest and...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1476-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will dwell on Amendment 18 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. As he said, d...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 812 cc1477-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lady Noakes and Lord Lansley for Amendments 9 and 18, which br...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1479 (Link to this contribution)

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Ken...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 c1479 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister has not answered my question. She seems to have continued to say that a national aut...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 812 c1479 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry that I gave that impression, but I do not believe that I did give the impression that ...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1479 (Link to this contribution)

I have had a request to speak from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed.

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 c1479 (Link to this contribution)

Could the Minister repeat what she said at the Dispatch Box? She said that the regulators do not ...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 812 c1479 (Link to this contribution)

Perhaps I can clarify what I said earlier. The Privy Council is the intermediary between independ...

Baroness Noakes | 812 c1480 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate for their contributions, an ...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 812 c1480 (Link to this contribution)

Before inviting the Committee to consider the withdrawal of the amendment, I call the noble Lord,...

Lord Lansley | 812 c1480 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful. I just wanted to make a point after the Minister because I think she made a fundam...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 812 c1481 (Link to this contribution)

The firm advice that I had from my officials was that it would.

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 c1481 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

13: Clause 1, page 2, line 8, at end insert—<...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 cc1481-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to move Amendment 13 and to speak to Amendments 24, 35 and 40. I thank the noble a...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 812 cc1482-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Lansley—who, following the revelations from the noble Barones...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 812 c1483 (Link to this contribution)

Just for clarification, if a Member wishes to speak after the Minister and is in the Chamber, the...

Baroness Randerson | 812 cc1483-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to speak specifically to Amendments 42, 49 and 57, which I have co-signed. They ...

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd | 812 cc1486-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to all the amendments in this group. I do not wish to say anything furthe...

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 812 cc1487-1490 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, particularly Amendments 13, 41, 42 and 57, ...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 812 cc1490-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I put my name down to speak to this group of amendments—the first time I have participa...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 812 cc1491-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like others who have spoken, I strongly support these amendments. I am most grateful fo...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 812 cc1492-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister assured the House earlier this afternoon that the autonomy of the regulato...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 cc1493-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord. To start where he left off, it i...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1496-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am going to leave the question of an assistance centre to one side. I think I have an...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 c1498 (Link to this contribution)

I thought he might. I think he can probably expect us to support him in that.

Amendment 49,...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1498-1502 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these amendments have brought about a fulsome and entirely appropriate debate about res...

Baroness Fookes | 812 c1502 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Rand...

Baroness Randerson | 812 c1502 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his response to several of the issues that I have raised. I welcome his ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1503 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I accept the point made by the noble Baroness about the assistance centre. In response ...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 812 c1503 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, I am interested in the revelation that the Min...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1503 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am the Minister responsible for the Bill and the policy; I am not just the Lords spok...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 cc1503-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response to the points raised by my noble friend and mysel...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1504 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his question. As he spoke, I was reminded that I had not fully answere...

Baroness Fookes | 812 c1504 (Link to this contribution)

I have received a further request to speak from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle,...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 812 c1504 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I return to the question that I raised both at Second Reading and in my comments today....

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1504 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness for that point. Frankly, I can conceive of no circumstances in the are...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 cc1504-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been an excellent debate, and I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to ...

Baroness Fookes | 812 c1505 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 14. Anyone wishing to press this, or anything e...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 812 c1505 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

14: Clause 1, page 2, line 23, at end insert—

...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 812 cc1505-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very pleased to move Amendment 14, which would require the Secretary of State, the...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 812 c1506 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise that what I am going to say has nothing to do with devolved Administrations...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 812 cc1506-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, who has tabled a very useful am...

Lord Lansley | 812 cc1508-1510 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor C...

Lord Patel | 812 cc1510-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak mainly to Amendment 53 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Fox. I had hope...

Baroness Noakes | 812 cc1511-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I put my name down in this group in order to speak to Amendments 19 and 29, but I shall...

Lord Sikka | 812 cc1512-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak in this debate, especially after the noble Baroness, La...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 c1513 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to support many of the amendments in this group. Those in the name of the noble Lo...

Lord Fox | 812 cc1513-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group is perhaps the inevitable consequence of trying to reduce a highly complex s...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1516-7 (Link to this contribution)

I start by saying that I may have misheard what the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, said. I think ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1517-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I address the important amendments in this group, may I clarify something in rel...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 812 c1518 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it appears that the noble Lord, Lord Fox, wishes to speak after the Minister.

Lord Fox | 812 c1518 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you. I did send an email—it is probably lurking in the system. Coming back to the Minister’...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1518 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for that question. I do not think that I can really a...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 812 cc1518-1520 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Fox, said, in one of his better interventions earlier, this is ...

Baroness Henig | 812 c1520 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we come to the group beginning with Amendment 15. Anyone wishing to press this or anyth...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 c1520 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

15: Clause 1, page 2, line 23, at end insert...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1520-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 15 I will speak to Amendment 27, both of which are in my name and t...

Baroness Noakes | 812 c1521 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be brief. The requirement in these amendments for regulations to be published in...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 812 cc1521-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 27, which is principally in the name of the noble Bar...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 812 c1522 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord. I put my name to these amendment...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 cc1522-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to speak in the right place in the right order on these two amendments a...

Baroness Henig | 812 c1523 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Patel.

Lord Patel | 812 c1523 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, and my noble and learned ...

Baroness Randerson | 812 cc1523-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this group of amendments, and to ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1524-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, for her amendments and I note ...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1525-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there is a problem in what the Minister said. He talked about consultation and a call f...

Baroness Henig | 812 c1527 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 16. Anyone wishing to press this or anything el...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 c1527 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

16: Clause 1, page 2, line 28, at end insert—...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 cc1527-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I speak to Amendment 16, I commend and endorse Amendments 23 and 47 in the name ...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 812 c1529 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 23 in my name deletes Clause 3(2)(c), which provides regulations under this c...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 812 cc1529-1531 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful for that invitation but before I get to the amendment tabled by the noble Lord...

Lord Lansley | 812 cc1531-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this short debate on these amendment...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 812 c1532 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad of the opportunity to contribute to this short debate, but I will be brief an...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 cc1533-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we are indebted to the noble and learned Lord for bringing Amendment 47 to us and to th...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 812 c1534 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, has withdrawn from this group of amendments, so I call the Minis...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1534-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ho...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 cc1535-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all who have spoken in this little debate. I hate to disappoint my nob...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 812 cc1538-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am using the stand part debate on Clause 1 to raise my general concern about the exte...

Baroness Noakes | 812 cc1539-1540 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, on the face of it, Clause 1 does seem innocuous, but at its heart there is a power for ...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 812 c1540 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, has withdrawn from this group, so I call the no...

Lord Fox | 812 c1540 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for putting this amendment forward, and I commend hi...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1540-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Clause 1 enables regulations to be made—as we have heard, they are never overturned—to ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1541-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have previously set out the need for a framework for the recognition of overseas prof...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 812 cc1542-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate and I am grateful to the Minister. At heart, he is ...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 812 c1543 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 17. Anyone who wishes to press this o...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 c1543 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

17: Clause 2, page 2, leave out line 34 and ...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1543-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 17, I shall speak to the other amendments in the group. They make u...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 812 cc1546-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a very interesting group of amendments because, as far as I can see, it is abou...

Baroness Randerson | 812 cc1547-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister emphasised that the UK wanted to retain mutual recognition of EEA qualific...

Baroness Noakes | 812 cc1548-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have Amendment 28 in this group, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, has added ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 812 cc1549-1550 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes—I so agree with her. At the moment,...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 812 cc1550-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak chiefly to Amendments 20 and 21 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady H...

Lord Lansley | 812 cc1551-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, again, and to ...

Lord Lexden | 812 c1553 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Garden of Frognal, whose name is next on the list, has withdrawn from th...

Lord Patel | 812 cc1553-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will try to be very brief; I know that the hour is getting late. I will speak only to...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 812 cc1554-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I first endorse the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, whose comments in this ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 cc1555-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town and Lady Finlay o...

Lord Lexden | 812 c1558 (Link to this contribution)

I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Lord, Lord Fox.

Lord Fox | 812 c1558 (Link to this contribution)

I will be very brief. In his response, the Minister said that the calculation for shortages would...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 812 c1558 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for that point. I think that I can answer the first point immediately beca...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 812 cc1558-1560 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for that. On letters, I know that he is backed by many civil servants and co...

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