(10 years, 10 months ago)
Lords Chamber Lord Saatchi
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Lord Saatchi 
        
    
        
    
        That is an important point and many have made it. The discussion that has to be had is whether this can be achieved by regulation, as I think my noble friend the Minister believes, or by GMC guidance. It is possible that there are other ways to achieve what is in effect compulsion without putting it in the statute.
 Lord Ryder of Wensum (Con)
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Lord Ryder of Wensum (Con) 
        
    
        
    
        Will my noble friend accept that there are precedents in other Private Members’ Bills going back several years for such registers being set up?