Debate on bill on Tuesday, 13 June 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bassam of Brighton. The answering member was Baroness Wilcox.

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. Lords second reading debate.Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 683 c120-90
Session: 2005-06
Department: Cabinet Office
Legislative stage: Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Wilcox | 683 c128-32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the Minister has said, this Bill has arrived in this House in a considerably better sta...; Lord Goodhart | 683 c132-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government apparently originally thought that this Bill would be straightforward and u...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c126-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thought I had made it clear that that was not the intention of the Bill. Perhaps if the ...; Bishop of Coventry | 683 c136-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches accept that the deregulatory aims of the Bill are commendable, with be...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c120-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. I welcome Peers to this debate on...; Earl of Onslow | 683 c126 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has been touching on the very important point of the ability to amend or re...; Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover | 683 c140-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I come down from the lofty heights. In 1993, I was the deregulation adviser to the Preside...; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 683 c139 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for giving way. He has said several times now that the extension of...; Lord Desai | 683 c138-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Bill and to some extent I am astonished by some of the debates about it. Law...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c184 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have something of an impossible task this evening.; Earl of Onslow | 683 c186 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for coming back with real answers. Can those Charity Commission level...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 683 c188 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but can he help me? I have been listening to th...; Viscount Eccles | 683 c172-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I serve as a member of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee, which this year publ...; Viscount Goschen | 683 c170-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, today’s debate has something of a Groundhog Day feel about it. Five years ago in debates o...; Lord Macdonald of Tradeston | 683 c168-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I took over responsibility for better regulation in 2001, as Minister for the Cabinet Offi...; Lord Howard of Rising | 683 c167-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much of what I wanted to say has already been said rather more elegantly and eloquently th...; Lord Norton of Louth | 683 c163-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened with considerable interest to the speeches of those who support the Bill. ...; Lord Jenkin of Roding | 683 c150-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I sense a division in philosophy in the speeches made so far. Most noble Lords have concen...; Lord Whitty | 683 c149-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, compared with the number of areas in which it would be beneficial for us to have consolida...; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 683 c144-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Desai, said that we are all against red tape. If this Bill was confin...; Lord Goodhart | 683 c149 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Does he not accept that there are measures...; Lord Whitty | 683 c147-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill and, rather controversially this afternoon, I would probably have suppo...; Earl of Onslow | 683 c142 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, I want to ask him a question that relates to what I asked...; Lord Goodhart | 683 c189 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Given that the 2001 Act may be regarded as a...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c189-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would be interested to see how the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, proposes to do that. No do...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c184-6 (Link to this contribution) I thought that there would be some agreement, my Lords. I have now listened for some four hours to c...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c186-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in some instances that may well be exactly what needs to be done. That is why this approac...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c188-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord obviously knows a great deal more about legislative slots than I do. He was...; Lord Garden | 683 c175-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, four themes have been addressed from the various sides of the House. We have talked about ...; Lord Kingsland | 683 c179-83 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in a solitary moment of emotion in an otherwise dispassionate and well argued speech, the ...; Lord Lipsey | 683 c175 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to be drawn by the noble Earl; one should know better by my age. Honestly—the i...; Earl of Onslow | 683 c174-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was 100 per cent against the Bill until the speech of my noble friend Lord Norton of Lou...; Lord Norton of Louth | 683 c165-7 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, my Lords, but that would be a bit too late. But the noble Earl makes my point for me. I thin...; Earl of Onslow | 683 c165 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is it not possible, then, that the Hunting Act could be repealed by this Bill if it become...; Earl of Onslow | 683 c175 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, thank goodness that there is that minor check. The problem is that Ministers should not ha...; Lord Haskins | 683 c156-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, regulation has become one of the great economic topics of our day. In some ways we should ...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 683 c153-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate shows how most of us are reflecting on our experience of regulation and deregu...; Lord Holme of Cheltenham | 683 c142-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sainsbury, and his wise words derive...; Lord Lipsey | 683 c161-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure that many people in this House this evening will have been able to see the r...; Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 683 c159-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is to the Prime Minister’s credit that after 10 years in office, his enjoyment of press...; Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover | 683 c142 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not remember exactly; it is a long time ago. A very high proportion did not require a...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 683 c187-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will come to that question, but I want to answer the question asked by the noble Earl, L...; Lord Desai | 683 c139-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that exactly illustrates my point. If you cannot even keep pubs open one hour beyond their...; Lord Garden | 683 c187 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this list is terribly interesting, but why can current legislation not be used? We are rea...
Subjects: Codes of practice Business Bureaucracy Delegated legislation Church of England Committees Common law Constitutional and administrative law Legislative process EU law Government departments Legislation Economic situation Law Commission Legislative drafting Ministerial powers Parliamentary scrutiny Parliament Small businesses Regulation Reform Voting rights Statutory instruments Legislative reform orders
Legislation: Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill 2005-06
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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

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