My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord and pay tribute to the fact that he has clearly identified some of the issues to which I will refer briefly here at Second Reading but which we will need to look at in Committee. The noble Lord did...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord and pay tribute to the fact that he has clearly identified some of the issues to which I will refer briefly here at Second Reading but which we will need to look at in Committee. The noble Lord did...

The noble Lord makes interesting points, which point to where we were always intending to go—to a point where there was in effect a negotiated price between the industry and the NHS so that there was a proper discount. Now we have a rebate system. There was a lot of...

The noble Lord makes interesting points, which point to where we were always intending to go—to a point where there was in effect a negotiated price between the industry and the NHS so that there was a proper discount. Now we have a rebate system. There was a lot of...

My Lords, my noble and learned friend will recall that the public interest test on media mergers was inserted into the Enterprise Act 2002 by virtue, not least, of the work of this House, led principally by the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, of Queensgate, through the medium of the Communications...

My Lords, my noble and learned friend will recall that the public interest test on media mergers was inserted into the Enterprise Act 2002 by virtue, not least, of the work of this House, led principally by the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, of Queensgate, through the medium of the Communications...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Harris, and I pay tribute to him for his commitment over many years to patient and public involvement in health and care. The House is grateful to him for once more bringing these issues forward so that we...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Harris, and I pay tribute to him for his commitment over many years to patient and public involvement in health and care. The House is grateful to him for once more bringing these issues forward so that we...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “Minister”

Moved by

Lord Lansley

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “Minister”

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the amendments that I have tabled. They appear forbidding in number, but I encourage noble Lords to recognise that a large number of them are intended to put back into the legislation, were the Bill to be passed, the...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the amendments that I have tabled. They appear forbidding in number, but I encourage noble Lords to recognise that a large number of them are intended to put back into the legislation, were the Bill to be passed, the...

I am grateful for those responses.

I am grateful for those responses.

Moved by

Lord Lansley

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out paragraph (b)

Moved by

Lord Lansley

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out paragraph (b)

My Lords, the purpose of the second group of amendments is to remove from the Bill the intention that the Secretary of State should prepare and issue a code of conduct. Clause 1(3)(b) states that the Secretary of State should,

“prepare and issue a code of conduct”.

That is the subject of...

My Lords, the purpose of the second group of amendments is to remove from the Bill the intention that the Secretary of State should prepare and issue a code of conduct. Clause 1(3)(b) states that the Secretary of State should,

“prepare and issue a code of conduct”.

That is the subject of...

I am grateful to the noble Lord sponsoring the Bill for what he described as a “concession”. From my point of view it is a very welcome one. There are a number of codes. People may argue about their relative effectiveness. I know from observing the behaviour of some of...

I am grateful to the noble Lord sponsoring the Bill for what he described as a “concession”. From my point of view it is a very welcome one. There are a number of codes. People may argue about their relative effectiveness. I know from observing the behaviour of some of...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out subsection (4) and insert—

“(4) Schedule (The Registrar of Lobbyists) makes further provision about the Registrar.”

Moved by

Lord Lansley

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out subsection (4) and insert—

“(4) Schedule (The Registrar of Lobbyists) makes further provision about the Registrar.”

My Lords, the purpose of Amendment 3 is to introduce a schedule that sets out the provisions of the establishment of the registrar, which directly parallel what is in the existing legislation, for which I was previously responsible. The schedule establishes the registrar as a corporation sole, and enables the...

My Lords, the purpose of Amendment 3 is to introduce a schedule that sets out the provisions of the establishment of the registrar, which directly parallel what is in the existing legislation, for which I was previously responsible. The schedule establishes the registrar as a corporation sole, and enables the...

My noble friend will not be surprised that I agree with her, but since the Bill would repeal that schedule to the present Act, it is necessary, were the Bill to make progress, for the schedule to be reinserted. I am very grateful for the support on that issue. I...

My noble friend will not be surprised that I agree with her, but since the Bill would repeal that schedule to the present Act, it is necessary, were the Bill to make progress, for the schedule to be reinserted. I am very grateful for the support on that issue. I...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

4: Clause 2, page 2, line 4, after “or” insert “controlling”

Moved by

Lord Lansley

4: Clause 2, page 2, line 4, after “or” insert “controlling”

My Lords, in this group we are not in the territory of simply trying to put in place the necessary structures, powers and duties of the registrar, but are concerned with the definition of lobbying and who lobbyists are. I feel it is too wide-ranging. I do not want to...

My Lords, in this group we are not in the territory of simply trying to put in place the necessary structures, powers and duties of the registrar, but are concerned with the definition of lobbying and who lobbyists are. I feel it is too wide-ranging. I do not want to...

I am grateful for those responses. As my noble friend on the Front Bench will understand, my purpose here is to try to see how these elements of the existing legislation should be incorporated into a Bill that would otherwise repeal the whole Part 1 of the original Act. They...

I am grateful for those responses. As my noble friend on the Front Bench will understand, my purpose here is to try to see how these elements of the existing legislation should be incorporated into a Bill that would otherwise repeal the whole Part 1 of the original Act. They...

Very good. On that basis, I will not move Amendment 5 but will move the other amendments in due course.

Very good. On that basis, I will not move Amendment 5 but will move the other amendments in due course.

Moved by

Lord Lansley

6: Clause 2, page 3, line 6, at end insert—

“( ) For the purposes of subsection (8), payment does not include any sums payable to a member of either House of Parliament—

(a) under section 4 (determination of MPs’ salaries) or 5 (MPs' allowances scheme) of the Parliamentary Standards...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

6: Clause 2, page 3, line 6, at end insert—

“( ) For the purposes of subsection (8), payment does not include any sums payable to a member of either House of Parliament—

(a) under section 4 (determination of MPs’ salaries) or 5 (MPs' allowances scheme) of the Parliamentary Standards...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

7: Clause 3, page 3, line 24, at end insert—

“( ) any communication which is required to be made by, or under, any statutory provision or other rule of law;”

8: Clause 3, page 3, line 28, leave out “widely and publicly available, such as a speech” and insert...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

7: Clause 3, page 3, line 24, at end insert—

“( ) any communication which is required to be made by, or under, any statutory provision or other rule of law;”

8: Clause 3, page 3, line 28, leave out “widely and publicly available, such as a speech” and insert...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

14: Clause 8, page 5, line 44, leave out paragraph (b)

Moved by

Lord Lansley

14: Clause 8, page 5, line 44, leave out paragraph (b)