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Health and Care Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 7 December 2021, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Kamall. The answering member was Baroness Merron.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

816 cc1778-1889 

Session

2021-22

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Health and Care Bill 2021-22. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Bills
House of Lords
Health and Care Bill
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Research briefings

Proceeding contributions

Lord Kamall | 816 cc1778-1781 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, over the pandemic the NHS has worked wonders. Throughout the greatest challenge that ou...

Baroness Merron | 816 cc1781-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to speak in this Second Reading debate on a Bill that has generated much anti...


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Baroness Brinton | 816 cc1783-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I welcom...

Lord Kakkar | 816 cc1786-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the thoughtful way in which he introduced this Bill and draw a...

Bishop of Carlisle | 816 cc1787-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a health and care Bill. I will address certain specific aspects of that care th...

Lord Lansley | 816 cc1788-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, over the last two years, we have all had cause to be immensely grateful to the National...

Baroness Pinnock | 816 cc1789-1791 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, I will speak next. I draw the atten...

Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 816 cc1791-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for the warm and generous welcome. I joined the NHS on its 40th ann...

Lord Patel | 816 cc1792-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure, on behalf of the whole House, to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Stevens...

Baroness Morgan of Cotes | 816 cc1794-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the two previous speakers. I particularly congratulate the n...

Lord Turnberg | 816 cc1795-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw attention to my previous career as a physician in various guises. Much more impo...

Lord Shipley | 816 cc1796-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I should remind the House that I am vice-president of the Local Government Association....

Baroness Greengross | 816 cc1798-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my sincere congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens. I am delighted that h...

Lord Desai | 816 cc1799-1800 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my congratulations to everybody else’s on the brilliant maiden speech made by the...

Lord Naseby | 816 cc1800-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a watershed Bill at a watershed time for the National Health Service. I shall t...

Lord Bradley | 816 cc1801-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my health interests in the register. I am pleased to speak in this debate and...

Lord Rennard | 816 cc1803-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, last Friday, we had an excellent Second Reading debate on the Private Member’s Bill of ...

Lord Bichard | 816 cc1804-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I begin by welcoming, with others, the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, and congratulate him o...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 816 cc1805-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bichard, who talked about his parents. ...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 816 cc1807-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register, in particular as a long-standing partner ...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 816 cc1808-1810 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my warm congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham. There is m...

Baroness Barker | 816 cc1810-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, “It’s a Sin”: I invite noble Lords to think back to 40 years ago, when a deadly virus c...

Lord Mawson | 816 cc1811-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the direction of travel the Government are taking with this legislation. It i...

Baroness Harding of Winscombe | 816 cc1813-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as I recently stepped down as chair of NHS Improvement and as int...

Lord Pendry | 816 cc1814-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, on his maiden speech. We all look forw...

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 816 cc1815-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Stevens on his maiden speech. Our past collabo...

Baroness Tyler of Enfield | 816 cc1816-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell. I want to congratulate t...

Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice | 816 cc1818-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome much in this Bill, especially the provisions on childhood obesity, and I welc...

Lord Bethell | 816 cc1819-1820 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his extremely good introduction to the Bill, He has taken to t...

Baroness Bakewell | 816 cc1820-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome a Bill that brings together the National Health Service and social care. How ...

Lord Crisp | 816 cc1821-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I first congratulate my noble friend Lord Stevens on an excellent maiden speech. I agre...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 816 cc1823-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, who was chief executive at my father’s hospi...

Baroness Hollins | 816 cc1824-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my registered interests, including my presidency of the Royal College of Occu...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 816 cc1826-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, with her wealth of experience in this f...

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 816 cc1827-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, unlike Mr Gove, the House has definitely not had enough of experts, as our welcome for ...

Lord Farmer | 816 cc1829-1830 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join with all noble Lords to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham. I re...

Baroness Masham of Ilton | 816 cc1830-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Farmer. I am driven to start my contri...

Baroness Cumberlege | 816 cc1831-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton. Liste...

Baroness Chakrabarti | 816 cc1832-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join the welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham.

The pandemic ha...

Baroness Meacher | 816 cc1834-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to respond to this very important Bill and in so doing warmly welcome the noble ...

Viscount Bridgeman | 816 cc1835-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens. His matchless experience of h...

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 816 cc1836-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his introduction. I think he would be wise to reflect...

Baroness Murphy | 816 cc1837-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am an NHS recidivist, like many in this House today, but, after 40 or 50 years of emp...

Lord Sharkey | 816 cc1838-9 (Link to this contribution)

Like other noble Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, and congratulate hi...

Lord Birt | 816 cc1839-1841 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have finally reached the head of the long queue to, like other noble Lords, congratul...

Lord Prior of Brampton | 816 cc1841-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I should first refer to my declaration of interest—in particular, that I am currently c...

Baroness Altmann | 816 cc1842-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, on his excellent maiden speech. I am d...

Baroness Neuberger | 816 cc1843-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register, specifically as chair of University College ...

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 816 cc1845-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my little granddaughter is appearing today in her first school nativity play, rather wi...

Baroness O'Loan | 816 cc1846-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, on his excellent maiden spee...

Lord Sandhurst | 816 cc1847-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, on his very upl...

Lord Sikka | 816 cc1848-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the NHS was founded on the principle of not for profit and serving all people equally, ...

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger | 816 cc1849-1851 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this Bill. I draw the attention of the House to my...

Lord Ramsbotham | 816 c1850 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, when you are number 55 in a 74-strong speakers’ list, you have not got much new to say....

Lord Shinkwin | 816 cc1850-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, on his excellent maiden spee...

Lord Stirrup | 816 cc1853-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my own warm congratulations to my noble friend Lord Stevens of Birmingham on his ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 816 cc1854-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to my declaration of interest in the register: I currently work with the Dispen...

Lord Rooker | 816 cc1855-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, particularly on his ro...

Lord Warner | 816 cc1856-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, fancy having to follow that. I first congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, on his ...

Lord Addington | 816 cc1857-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it has been a long debate and a lot of very interesting things have been said. I wish t...

Baroness Bull | 816 cc1859-1860 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, to this House, and ...

Lord Moylan | 816 cc1860-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as a fellow Brummie by origin, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingha...

Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 816 cc1861-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw attention to my interest in the register as chair of Royal Brompton and Harefiel...

Baroness Uddin | 816 cc1863-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I spent some decades of my personal and professional life trying to improve health and ...

Earl Howe | 816 c1865 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, contrary to the clock, the noble Baroness has been speaking for nearly eight minutes. P...

Baroness Uddin | 816 c1865 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham. I hope that we will all wo...

Baroness Sater | 816 cc1865-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my interests in the register. In particular, I am ...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 816 cc1866-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests in medicine and physiotherapy and as a Bevan Commissioner. Like ...

Lord Reay | 816 cc1868-1870 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I extend a warm welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, although like my noble friend ...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 816 cc1870-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, to this House and enjoyed his eru...

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington | 816 cc1871-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, 63% of people in England live with obesity or are overweight. At last obesity is recogn...

Lord Adebowale | 816 cc1873-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as the founder and co-chair of Visionable, a provider of service...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 816 cc1875-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am going to structure this speech untraditionally, beginning with a short list of som...

Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 816 cc1876-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too thank the noble and national “treasure”—the noble Lord, Lord Stevens—and welcome ...

Baroness Walmsley | 816 cc1878-1882 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, being asked to make a winding-up speech is a mixed blessing. There may be nothing new t...

Baroness Thornton | 816 cc1880-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I declare my interest as a non-executive member of a hospital trust in London; i...

Lord Kamall | 816 cc1884-1890 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I put on record my thanks and gratitude for this excellent and wide-ranging debate. I h...

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