"Does the Minister not understand the frustration across the Chamber? Every one of us knows that there are problems with routine blood tests and cancellations of flu vaccinations. Everyone would expect the Minister to explain what he is going to do about it—so what is he going to do about …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"The Minister has just announced a major change, in that a UK regulator would determine whether qualifications were acceptable. Who sets the criteria for the regulator to determine that?..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"My understanding is that the regulator will determine whether a qualification is regarded as comparable. Is that the case? If so, who determines the criteria on which the regulator will make that decision?..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"The point I am trying to make is about the difference between automatic acceptance and the regulator determining that certain qualifications are not acceptable. I am trying to tease out from the Minister how that difference will be determined, between automatically accepted qualifications and those that are regarded as non-comparable. …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I wish to reinforce a couple of important points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston from the Front Bench in his excellent contribution.
"I will of course give way to the Minister, but the House of Lords Select Committee raised that point, so is he going to tell me that that has been changed?..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"The implication of what the Minister has just said is that those people have been working in the NHS at the present time with sub-standard qualifications...." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"The Minister will give his answer, but this question has been raised by NHS professionals and by the cross-party House of Lords Select Committee that looks into these matters. Indeed, that Committee specifically said that the Minister should be questioned about the change, because it has serious concerns about the …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech