I hear what my noble friend says but I cannot agree that his approach is the best for research in this country. Very real risks would accompany trying to shoehorn a very important and complex issue into this Bill in what I have to say to my noble friend is...

I hear what my noble friend says but I cannot agree that his approach is the best for research in this country. Very real risks would accompany trying to shoehorn a very important and complex issue into this Bill in what I have to say to my noble friend is...

That the House do now again resolve itself into Committee. Amendment to the Motion That the House do now again resolve itself into Committee. Amendment to the Motion Moved by

That the House do now again resolve itself into Committee. Amendment to the Motion That the House do now again resolve itself into Committee. Amendment to the Motion Moved by

My Lords, I have listened carefully to what the Minister has said. I am not totally astounded to hear his remarks and I am grateful for the generous way in which he made them. However, I also listened carefully to other people in this House, in particular, the noble Baroness,...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to what the Minister has said. I am not totally astounded to hear his remarks and I am grateful for the generous way in which he made them. However, I also listened carefully to other people in this House, in particular, the noble Baroness,...

My Lords, with Amendments 244 and 260DA, the noble Lord, Lord Warner, has taken us to the important matter of the relationship between the NHS and social care, and I agree with him that this relationship is in a real sense symbiotic. The noble Lord presented us with some sobering...

My Lords, with Amendments 244 and 260DA, the noble Lord, Lord Warner, has taken us to the important matter of the relationship between the NHS and social care, and I agree with him that this relationship is in a real sense symbiotic. The noble Lord presented us with some sobering...

I was not doubting the enthusiasm on the Liberal Democrat Benches regarding this area. I just wanted to provoke the noble Baroness into giving the kind of excellent speech that she has given. I was hoping that we would hear from her. I also join her in paying tribute to...

I was not doubting the enthusiasm on the Liberal Democrat Benches regarding this area. I just wanted to provoke the noble Baroness into giving the kind of excellent speech that she has given. I was hoping that we would hear from her. I also join her in paying tribute to...

My Lords, we have had a very interesting debate on this imaginative amendment from my noble friend Lord Warner. Today’s debate might well be the only debate on social care in the whole life of this Bill, including in the Commons. I would like to talk about some real people,...

My Lords, we have had a very interesting debate on this imaginative amendment from my noble friend Lord Warner. Today’s debate might well be the only debate on social care in the whole life of this Bill, including in the Commons. I would like to talk about some real people,...

My Lords, I support the amendments, first, because I totally agree with them. The second reason takes me back in history—I think it was 1976 or 1978—to when the Government had a Bill proposing that learning disability clients should be taken out of mental handicap hospitals and placed in the...

My Lords, I support the amendments, first, because I totally agree with them. The second reason takes me back in history—I think it was 1976 or 1978—to when the Government had a Bill proposing that learning disability clients should be taken out of mental handicap hospitals and placed in the...

My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendment and answer the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Warner. Since 1948, we have had a system whereby there has been an agreed national settlement on a person's entitlement to healthcare. It is delivered to national criteria and...

My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendment and answer the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Warner. Since 1948, we have had a system whereby there has been an agreed national settlement on a person's entitlement to healthcare. It is delivered to national criteria and...

I shall briefly respond to that. We should never forget that the lion's share of the money that goes on state-funded adult social care comes from central government and is passed through local authorities to be spent on that group through the commissioning of various domiciliary, residential and even nursing...

I shall briefly respond to that. We should never forget that the lion's share of the money that goes on state-funded adult social care comes from central government and is passed through local authorities to be spent on that group through the commissioning of various domiciliary, residential and even nursing...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment and the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Warner, and the other noble Lords who have spoken. Over the past 50 years we have seen a huge rise in longevity. In this century and at the end of the last century, that rise...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment and the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Warner, and the other noble Lords who have spoken. Over the past 50 years we have seen a huge rise in longevity. In this century and at the end of the last century, that rise...

My Lords, there is little doubt that one of the key elements in the delivery of a system of care which improves on what we have now—and we certainly need to improve the current position—is the need to integrate care between the NHS and social care. It is in that...

My Lords, there is little doubt that one of the key elements in the delivery of a system of care which improves on what we have now—and we certainly need to improve the current position—is the need to integrate care between the NHS and social care. It is in that...

I just ask the supporters of the two amendments a question—the noble Lord, Lord Warner, may be the appropriate one, having been a director of social services. The amendment talks about breaking down the barriers. We are all at one with that. I was very interested in what the noble...

I just ask the supporters of the two amendments a question—the noble Lord, Lord Warner, may be the appropriate one, having been a director of social services. The amendment talks about breaking down the barriers. We are all at one with that. I was very interested in what the noble...

My Lords, we come now to Clause 53 and the proposed abolition of the Health Protection Agency. I shall speak to Amendment 257ZA in this group, but in doing so I should make clear that I do not support the abolition of the Health Protection Agency, and I have every...

My Lords, we come now to Clause 53 and the proposed abolition of the Health Protection Agency. I shall speak to Amendment 257ZA in this group, but in doing so I should make clear that I do not support the abolition of the Health Protection Agency, and I have every...

246: Schedule 4, page 294, line 33, after ““Board,”” insert— ““(hb) a subsidiary of a company which is formed under that section and wholly owned by the Secretary of State,””

246: Schedule 4, page 294, line 33, after ““Board,”” insert— ““(hb) a subsidiary of a company which is formed under that section and wholly owned by the Secretary of State,””

248C: Schedule 4, page 311, line 30, leave out ““57 to 61”” and insert ““69 to 76”” 248D: Schedule 4, page 312, line 8, at end insert ““, and ( ) in sub-paragraph (5), omit ““in its area”””” 248E: Schedule 4, page 312, line 25, leave out ““62”” and insert...

248C: Schedule 4, page 311, line 30, leave out ““57 to 61”” and insert ““69 to 76”” 248D: Schedule 4, page 312, line 8, at end insert ““, and ( ) in sub-paragraph (5), omit ““in its area”””” 248E: Schedule 4, page 312, line 25, leave out ““62”” and insert...

253A: Schedule 5, page 326, line 42, leave out ““paragraphs 46 and 49”” and insert ““paragraph 46”” 253B: Schedule 5, page 327, line 27, after ““(1)”” insert ““— (a) omit paragraph 49 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, and (b) ””...

253A: Schedule 5, page 326, line 42, leave out ““paragraphs 46 and 49”” and insert ““paragraph 46”” 253B: Schedule 5, page 327, line 27, after ““(1)”” insert ““— (a) omit paragraph 49 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, and (b) ””...

255: Schedule 5, page 351, line 2, at beginning insert ““In section 123 of”” 256: Schedule 5, page 351, line 2, leave out from ““2009”” to ““(partner”” in line 18 Amendments 255 and 256 agreed. Schedule 5, as amended, agreed. Schedule 6 : Part 1: transitional provision Schedule 6 :...

255: Schedule 5, page 351, line 2, at beginning insert ““In section 123 of”” 256: Schedule 5, page 351, line 2, leave out from ““2009”” to ““(partner”” in line 18 Amendments 255 and 256 agreed. Schedule 5, as amended, agreed. Schedule 6 : Part 1: transitional provision Schedule 6 :...

257ZA: Clause 53, page 84, line 15, at end insert— ““( ) On the abolition of the Health Protection Agency, the Secretary of State will allocate their functions and any others he or she considers appropriate to an Executive Agency with its own chief executive as accounting officer with a...

257ZA: Clause 53, page 84, line 15, at end insert— ““( ) On the abolition of the Health Protection Agency, the Secretary of State will allocate their functions and any others he or she considers appropriate to an Executive Agency with its own chief executive as accounting officer with a...

My Lords, this set of amendments is predominantly made up of a series of minor government amendments to Schedules 4 and 5. Many of them make minor or technical changes to these schedules to correct errors, ensure the Bill’s provisions work as they are intended to do and make minor...

My Lords, this set of amendments is predominantly made up of a series of minor government amendments to Schedules 4 and 5. Many of them make minor or technical changes to these schedules to correct errors, ensure the Bill’s provisions work as they are intended to do and make minor...

My Lords, I should like to ask one question and to make one remark. Even the Minister smiled when he used the words ““openness”” and ““scrutiny””. Given our previous conversations about the information that the House has not received, I do not intend to rehearse that again but I would...

My Lords, I should like to ask one question and to make one remark. Even the Minister smiled when he used the words ““openness”” and ““scrutiny””. Given our previous conversations about the information that the House has not received, I do not intend to rehearse that again but I would...