To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will set clear timelines in the NHS breast screening programme for implementing innovative technologies, including digital breast tomosynthesis.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will set clear timelines in the NHS breast screening programme for implementing innovative technologies, including digital breast tomosynthesis.

Lords report stage second day. Amendments 27 to 29, 32 to 41, 49 to 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69 to 75, 83 to 86, 88, 99, 100, 102, 105, 110 to 112, 116 to 119, 121, 122, 128, 130, 132, 135, 136, 137 to 146, 148, 150, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164 to 167, 170 to 188, 191, 200, 205, 208 to 215, 217 to 219 agreed to. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 172).

Lords report stage second day. Amendments 27 to 29, 32 to 41, 49 to 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69 to 75, 83 to 86, 88, 99, 100, 102, 105, 110 to 112, 116 to 119, 121, 122, 128, 130, 132, 135, 136, 137 to 146, 148, 150, 154,...

Moved by

Earl Howe

21A: Clause 16, page 9, line 26, at end insert—

“(7A) Regulations made under this section may not come into force earlier than the end of the period of one year beginning with the day on which they are published.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment provides that regulations establishing the retail...

Moved by

Earl Howe

21A: Clause 16, page 9, line 26, at end insert—

“(7A) Regulations made under this section may not come into force earlier than the end of the period of one year beginning with the day on which they are published.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment provides that regulations establishing the retail...

My Lords, Amendment 21A is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall. In Committee the Minister stated that the Government would design a licensing regime that would support compliant retailers while targeting rogue operators. She also spoke of minimising burdens where possible and recognised the importance...

My Lords, Amendment 21A is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall. In Committee the Minister stated that the Government would design a licensing regime that would support compliant retailers while targeting rogue operators. She also spoke of minimising burdens where possible and recognised the importance...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response to my amendment, which was largely reassuring and provided useful clarity. I think we all agree that, with the new licensing regime, enforcement must be effective and proportionate while also ensuring that businesses, especially smaller businesses, have time to...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response to my amendment, which was largely reassuring and provided useful clarity. I think we all agree that, with the new licensing regime, enforcement must be effective and proportionate while also ensuring that businesses, especially smaller businesses, have time to...

My Lords, this has been a very useful debate with some powerful contributions, but I should like to turn first to the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. It was reported last

week in the Times that seven EU member states have formally expressed concern that the Government’s...

My Lords, this has been a very useful debate with some powerful contributions, but I should like to turn first to the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. It was reported last

week in the Times that seven EU member states have formally expressed concern that the Government’s...

My Lords, I am sorry to disappoint the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, but, unless it is designed as a probing amendment, I fear I am not drawn to Amendment 123. In essence, it would tie the Government’s hands on the rules around the packaging and display of vapes. If the...

My Lords, I am sorry to disappoint the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, but, unless it is designed as a probing amendment, I fear I am not drawn to Amendment 123. In essence, it would tie the Government’s hands on the rules around the packaging and display of vapes. If the...

Moved by

Earl Howe

192A: Clause 136, page 78, line 11, at end insert—

“(3) Regulations made under this section may not be read as placing any burden on a person to prove to any enforcing authority that smoking is necessary for artistic reasons, and in any proceedings relating to an alleged offence...

Moved by

Earl Howe

192A: Clause 136, page 78, line 11, at end insert—

“(3) Regulations made under this section may not be read as placing any burden on a person to prove to any enforcing authority that smoking is necessary for artistic reasons, and in any proceedings relating to an alleged offence...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 192A I will speak also to Amendment 194A standing in my name. In Committee, I raised a question relating to Clause 136, which I make no apology for raising with the Minister again. Under the Health Act 2006, Ministers have a regulation-making power to exempt...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 192A I will speak also to Amendment 194A standing in my name. In Committee, I raised a question relating to Clause 136, which I make no apology for raising with the Minister again. Under the Health Act 2006, Ministers have a regulation-making power to exempt...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I welcome what the Minister had to say on my Amendment 192A. It seems that the key must be for clear guidance to be issued to enforcement authorities to ensure that...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I welcome what the Minister had to say on my Amendment 192A. It seems that the key must be for clear guidance to be issued to enforcement authorities to ensure that...

My Lords, Amendment 107 would require the FCA to make a public statement on the nature of any intervention a Minister may make into an FCA investigation into an individual firm.

The current legislative framework established the FCA as an independent, non-governmental body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services...

My Lords, Amendment 107 would require the FCA to make a public statement on the nature of any intervention a Minister may make into an FCA investigation into an individual firm.

The current legislative framework established the FCA as an independent, non-governmental body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services...

My Lords, the Government agree that effective oversight of the FCA and PRA is a crucial component of our regulatory framework. Indeed, noble Lords will remember that in earlier debates we discussed the existing mechanisms to ensure effective independent oversight of the regulators by a diverse range of stakeholders. For...

My Lords, the Government agree that effective oversight of the FCA and PRA is a crucial component of our regulatory framework. Indeed, noble Lords will remember that in earlier debates we discussed the existing mechanisms to ensure effective independent oversight of the regulators by a diverse range of stakeholders. For...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Hodgson for directing the Committee’s attention to a set of issues that lie at the heart of the agenda for workers’ rights and social justice in the workplace. Let me begin by saying to him that the Government are committed...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Hodgson for directing the Committee’s attention to a set of issues that lie at the heart of the agenda for workers’ rights and social justice in the workplace. Let me begin by saying to him that the Government are committed...

My Lords, Amendment 121 aims to ensure that banks and investment firms engage in country-by-country reporting related to the provision of tax information. I am happy to assure the noble Baroness that there is no need for this amendment, because such requirements already exist for these firms in legislation.

Banks and...

My Lords, Amendment 121 aims to ensure that banks and investment firms engage in country-by-country reporting related to the provision of tax information. I am happy to assure the noble Baroness that there is no need for this amendment, because such requirements already exist for these firms in legislation.

Banks and...

My Lords, I listened carefully to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, in her clear introduction to these amendments, and I thank her for the background briefing papers that she kindly sent me this morning.

Having said that, I hope she will forgive me if I do not turn the end...

My Lords, I listened carefully to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, in her clear introduction to these amendments, and I thank her for the background briefing papers that she kindly sent me this morning.

Having said that, I hope she will forgive me if I do not turn the end...

My Lords, the noble Lord has the advantage over me, because I am not personally privy to the case history that he cited, which is now 30 years or so old. However, I will consult my officials and write to him with an answer to his question.

My Lords, the noble Lord has the advantage over me, because I am not personally privy to the case history that he cited, which is now 30 years or so old. However, I will consult my officials and write to him with an answer to his question.

My Lords, as my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe has explained, these amendments bring us to the question of how we report on the impact that regulation has on firms. Every noble Lord who has spoken today has referred to the value of impact assessments for Parliament and the Government in...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe has explained, these amendments bring us to the question of how we report on the impact that regulation has on firms. Every noble Lord who has spoken today has referred to the value of impact assessments for Parliament and the Government in...

I am announcing the outcome of the Defence Fire and Rescue Project which has been examining potential improvements in how Fire and Rescue Services are provided to the Ministry of Defence, both in the United Kingdom and overseas.

In June 2018, I announced the Ministry of Defence’s intention to award...

I am announcing the outcome of the Defence Fire and Rescue Project which has been examining potential improvements in how Fire and Rescue Services are provided to the Ministry of Defence, both in the United Kingdom and overseas.

In June 2018, I announced the Ministry of Defence’s intention to award...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made earlier today in

another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence on the modernising defence programme. The Statement is as follows:

“Mr Speaker, in July I made a Statement setting out...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made earlier today in

another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence on the modernising defence programme. The Statement is as follows:

“Mr Speaker, in July I made a Statement setting out...

My Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for their questions and comments, which, in some respects, have covered similar ground. I will endeavour to reply to as many of the points as I can.

It is a little unfair to level at the Government the accusation that we have...

My Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for their questions and comments, which, in some respects, have covered similar ground. I will endeavour to reply to as many of the points as I can.

It is a little unfair to level at the Government the accusation that we have...