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Care Homes and Sheltered Accommodation (Domestic Pets) Bill

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

506 c1167-78 

Session

2009-10

Department

Department of Health

Legislative stage

Second reading

Procedure

Private members' bills proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Merron | 506 c1173-4 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman's maths is correct. I was not presenting the figures as an excuse,...

Nigel Waterson | 506 c1173 (Link to this contribution) Unless I misheard the Minister, her statistics are pretty damning. My arithmetic suggests that if th...

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Paul Keetch | 506 c1170-1 (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief, as requested by both sides of the House, but I wish to support this important piec...

Baroness Merron | 506 c1172 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) on bringing the Bill before the House, ...

Mike Penning | 506 c1172 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that it was not intentional, but the Minister suggested that these issues concern only old...

Andrew Dismore | 506 c1168 (Link to this contribution) I greatly support the aims of the hon. Gentleman's Bill. Does he know what proportion of care homes ...

Nigel Waterson | 506 c1168-70 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful for that intervention. The hon. Gentleman is right. Some charities—the hon. Gentl...

Andrew Dismore | 506 c1170 (Link to this contribution) As I said, I support the hon. Gentleman's Bill, but I have a little trouble with the wording of this...

Nigel Waterson | 506 c1170 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, although I have come across some fairly vicious Yorkshire ter...

Baroness Merron | 506 c1172-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and his comments have reminded me to say something else in p...

Nigel Waterson | 506 c1167-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I know that he is a doughty campaigner in his constituency for olde...

Nigel Waterson | 506 c1167 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a great pleasure to be able to introd...

Nigel Evans | 506 c1167 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that as people become elderly and perhaps live alone, a pet is a friend t...

Baroness Merron | 506 c1174-6 (Link to this contribution) May I gently suggest that the hon. Gentleman should hear me out a little further, because I wish to ...

Mike Penning | 506 c1174 (Link to this contribution) The work that the Cinnamon Trust does is fantastic but, as we have heard from my hon. Friend the Mem...

Nigel Waterson | 506 c1178 (Link to this contribution) I thank all those who have spoken in this debate, and I am delighted that there is such consensus am...

Mike Penning | 506 c1171-2 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to support the Bill introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Wa...

Baroness Merron | 506 c1176-8 (Link to this contribution) I understand that point, Mr. Deputy Speaker. This is an extremely important issue, and I simply wish...

Speaker | 506 c1176 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am reluctant to stop the Minister, but she is in danger of talking about a kind of accommod...

Subjects

Animal welfare Care homes Fees and charges Older people Pets Sheltered housing

Legislation

Care Homes and Sheltered Accommodation (Domestic Pets) Bill 2009-10

Link

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