Debate on bill on Monday, 9 May 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. The answering member was Lord Taylor of Holbeach.

Public Bodies Bill [HL]

Public Bodies Bill (HL). Lords third reading debate agreed to on question. bill passed with amendments and sent to the Commons.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 727 c662-709
Session: 2010-12
Department: Cabinet Office
Legislative stage: Third reading
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Public Bodies Bill (HL). As amended on Report.
Monday, 4 April 2011
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c665-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and Lord Pannick, for bringing back thes...; Lord Pannick | 727 c664-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 1. As the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, said, at...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 727 c663-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Bill’s return after a period of some weeks is welcome. In this amendment I return to t...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 727 c662 (Link to this contribution) 1: Clause 10, page 5, line 34, at end insert— ““( ) Where the Minister considers that the changes pr...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c667 (Link to this contribution) It is the nature of consultation that the Government are open to persuasion: that is the purpose of ...; Lord Beecham | 727 c667 (Link to this contribution) Will the Government be open to persuasion?; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c667 (Link to this contribution) The consultation will be based on the statutory instruments that will be tabled in connection with e...; Lord Beecham | 727 c667 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister recall that on Report, I asked about the consultation process for RDAs i...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c672 (Link to this contribution) 4: Clause 24, page 14, line 35, after ““12”” insert ““or 13”” Amendment 4 agreed. Clause 25 : Tran...; Lord Whitty | 727 c672 (Link to this contribution) 5: Clause 25, page 15, line 28, at end insert— ““( ) In relation to a transfer to another public bod...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c671-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to have added my name to Amendment 2, which is also tabled in the names of ...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c672 (Link to this contribution) 3: Clause 13, page 8, line 27, after ““board”” insert ““for an area”” Amendment 3 agreed. Clause 2...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c675-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity of coming back on the amendment proposed by the noble Lo...; Lord Whitty | 727 c672-5 (Link to this contribution) This amendment deals with the way in which the employees of the organisations covered by this Bill a...; Baroness Turner of Camden | 727 c675 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to support my noble friend on this amendment and thank him very much for introducin...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 727 c671 (Link to this contribution) 2: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause— ““Time limit on scheduled bodies Any entry in S...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 727 c671 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 2, which will put a time limit on the bodies mentioned in Schedules 1 ...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 727 c667-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response. I shall take Amendment 6 first. My noble friend Lord...; Baroness Deech | 727 c681-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in a nutshell what I and others are calling for is that the HFEA and the HTA should remain...; Lord Walton of Detchant | 727 c684-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I added my name to the first two of these amendments for a variety of reasons. Four or fiv...; Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone | 727 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendments of the noble Baroness. My interest is that I appointed her ...; Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 727 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to all three amendments in this group. I declare my interest as chair of the...; Bishop of Guildford | 727 c688-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support both this amendment and the two related amendments that follow it. They would gu...; Lord Alderdice | 727 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest because my wife is a pathologist who works in the National Health Se...; Lord Whitty | 727 c677 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Turner for her points underlining the issue of uncertai...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 727 c677 (Link to this contribution) 6: Schedule 1, page 19, line 36, at end insert— ““4 The explanatory document required under section ...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 727 c678 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have already debated my Amendment 6, which would ensure that when the consultation take...; Baroness Deech | 727 c680-1 (Link to this contribution) 7: Schedule 5, page 22, line 11, at end insert— ““2 An order may not be made in respect of the Human...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c706 (Link to this contribution) 10: In the Title, line 2, at end insert ““and other”” Amendment 10 agreed. A privilege amendment w...; Earl Howe | 727 c700-1 (Link to this contribution) I ask my noble friend to wait a few minutes; I hope I will tell him something that he will welcome. ...; Baroness Deech | 727 c702-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who have spoken. However, I particularly thank the Minister...; Earl Howe | 727 c698-700 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have moved or spoken to these amendments. I recognise and understa...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 727 c700 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister not understand the incredulity of many of us? This is a Bill that deals with getti...; Lord Patel | 727 c695-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be brief as we have been debating this for a long time. I spoke to this issue in C...; Baroness Thornton | 727 c697-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, my noble friend Lady Warwick and other noble Lords...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 727 c691-3 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak specifically in support of Amendment 9, to which I have added my name. However, I wa...; Lord Winston | 727 c693-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not decided whether I shall vote for or against the amendment if it is pressed. I s...; Lord Newton of Braintree | 727 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether I might start by expressing my warm thanks to my noble friend Lady Bottom...; Lord Newton of Braintree | 727 c708-9 (Link to this contribution) I am tempted to sit down in view of that rebuke but I shall not do so. I only wanted to say, in a mo...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 727 c707 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must say that when we completed the passage of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill, which...; Lord Wigley | 727 c707-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Bill passes, perhaps I may add a caveat to some of the comments that have been ...; Lord Newton of Braintree | 727 c708 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that it will be in the spirit of the debate—; Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 727 c708 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before my noble friend makes what I know will be succinct and relevant remarks, as his rem...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c706 (Link to this contribution) That the Bill do now pass. That the Bill do now pass.; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 727 c706-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass. In doing so, I crave the indulgence of the House...
Subjects: Conditions of employment Closures Employment Fertility Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Ethics IVF Public bodies Public consultation Mergers Staff Non-departmental public bodies Post-mortems Wales Research Television Stem cells S4C Regional development agencies Human Tissue Authority Care Quality Commission Internal drainage boards
Legislation: Public Bodies Bill (HL) 2010-12
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Public Bodies Bill [HL]

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