Results 1-20 of 291 for speaker:Baroness Adams of Craigielea
- Parliament (Participation of Members of the House of Commons) Bill [HL] (10 Feb 2006)
Baroness Adams of Craigielea: My Lords, in rising to make my maiden speech, I had hoped to be making a positive and supportive one. Unfortunately, with this Bill, I will not be able to do that. While I recognise that the West Lothian question is a serious one, which will eventually have to have an answer, my contention is that this Bill is, in fact, very far from the answer. We have an anomalous situation with the West...
- Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 4 — Duty stamps for spirits etc (6 Jul 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: The industry was well aware of the problems with whisky fraud. In two years, it took no steps to produce suggestions about how to tackle that fraud.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 - Functions: supplementary (1 Jul 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: I call Mr. Burstow to move amendment No. 24.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 - Functions: supplementary (1 Jul 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 23, in clause 4, page 4, line 26, leave out subsection (8).
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 7 - Publication of information (1 Jul 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: I thank everybody on the Committee, the Minister, the Opposition, the Whips for expediting matters, the doorkeepers for their patience and the Clerk, without whom I could not function. I thank my co-Chairman, Mr. Forth, and my assistant, Mr. Hall, and everyone for their good humour and, most of all, their brevity, which will allow this Chairman to get an earlier flight home. Question put and...
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 7 - Publication of information (1 Jul 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 13, in clause 7, page 5, line 38, at end add— '(4) Subject to subsection (2), the Agency must permit medical research to be submitted for peer-review publication.'.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords] (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: I remind the Committee that copies of the money resolution to the Bill are available in the Room. I also remind hon. Members that they should, as a general rule, give adequate notice of amendments. My co-Chairman and I do not intend to call starred amendments, including any starred amendments that may be reached during the afternoon sittings.Clause 1 Health Protection Agency
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - Health Protection Agency (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 16, in schedule 1, page 9, line 9, leave out 'the prescribed number of' and insert 'six'. No. 17, in schedule 1, page 9, line 23, leave out sub-paragraphs (6) and (7).
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 - Health functions (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: That is not in order.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 - Health functions (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: Yes, there will be a stand part debate.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 13 - Short title (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: Order. It was a purely technical amendment about money; we cannot now have a debate on its substance. Question put and agreed to. Clause 13, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 - Health functions (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 1, in clause 2, page 1, line 9, leave out 'and other dangers to health'. Amendment No. 4, in clause 2, page 1, line 10, at end insert ', including education and promotion.'.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 - Health functions (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: Order.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 5 - Co-operation (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 5, in clause 5, page 5, line 8, at end add— '(4) The Agency shall draw up and consult upon a protocol with the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection to collect and publish information concerning the performance of NHS organisations in controlling healthcare-acquired infections.'.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - Health Protection Agency (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 21, in schedule 1, page 12, line 34, leave out from 'Ireland' to end of line 35 and insert 'shall pay sums to the Agency in accordance with an itemised account presented by the Secretary of State for work carried out on behalf of the Department.'. Amendment No. 22, in schedule 1, page 12, line 36, leave out from...
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - Health Protection Agency (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: Order. I call the Minister.
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - Health Protection Agency (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: Can we ensure that everyone has their mobile phones switched off and pagers on silent?
- Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - Health Protection Agency (29 Jun 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 19, in schedule 1, page 11, leave out lines 9 to 14.
- Orders of the Day — Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill: Schedule 1 — Substitution of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998 (4 May 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: The hon. Gentleman is right that proportionality was one of the key principles of the convention, but one of its other key principles was to have a gender-balanced Parliament. Why did the Liberals not keep their word on that?
- Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 4 — Duty Stamps for Spirits Etc (27 Apr 2004)
Mrs Irene Adams: Will my hon. Friend give way?