"My Lords, I want to make a few points following the contribution from the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. First, she referred to MND and the problem with some people who appear to live quite a lot longer than expected. The real problem with MND is that these patients almost certainly …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"I am going to disappoint the Minister. There is just a fundamental disagreement: the Government think that size is the most important thing and most of the rest of us think that the judgment on which schemes should be allowed to survive the initial cull that consolidation will require should …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, I am sorry for forgetting having agreed to that intervention.
In moving Amendment 105A, I will also speak to Amendments 114 and 115 in this group. I thank my noble friends Lady Stedman-Scott and Lady Neville-Rolfe for adding their names. In the previous group, we concentrated on size …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendment 55 is in my name and those of my noble friends Lady Stedman-Scott and Lady Neville-Rolfe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann. I will also speak to Amendments 60 and 94 in this group.
This group of amendments concerns the so-called scale requirement in Clause 40. In …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister, as usual, talks a good story on competition and innovation. Our concern is that the Bill as drafted makes it difficult to see that the virtues of innovation and competition are in fact reflected throughout it. In particular, there is no mention of innovation or competition …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech