Examination Reform

Debate between Baroness Primarolo and John Pugh

Wednesday 16th January 2013 Commons Chamber

[John Pugh (Southport) (LD)]

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am perfectly happy to give up my five minutes so that my hon. Friend can speak for 10 minutes.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

The hon. Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael) will not get 10 minutes; he will get eight, as that has been the time limit. It is very gracious of the hon. Member for Southport (John Pugh) to withdraw; I thank him for that.

Mental Health (Approval Functions) Bill

Debate between Baroness Primarolo and John Pugh

Tuesday 30th October 2012 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)]

Order. May I say to the hon. Gentleman that this is an intervention, and interventions are supposed to be brief? I know that this is a complex point, but interventions are becoming speeches within the Minister’s speech. If the hon. Gentleman could make his point succinctly now, it would help all of us.

[John Pugh]

My point is that the definition of clinical need ought to be good enough for a psychiatrist, but I am not convinced that in this context it is good enough for a lawyer.

Health and Social Care Bill

Debate between Baroness Primarolo and John Pugh

Tuesday 20th March 2012 Commons Chamber

[John Pugh]

The Minister says “No”, but I tabled a question recently in which I asked him whether he had taken advice from the European Commission. He told me that he had not. [Interruption.] We are talking about European law—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)]

Order. This is not just a conversation between the Government Front Bench and its supporters and the hon. Gentleman. If Members want to intervene to disagree with the hon. Gentleman, they should do so, rather than shouting at him while he is speaking.

[John Pugh]

The Minister could undoubtedly answer my query and deal with my anxiety. A significant regulatory issue is involved in the provision of regulations that will work for commissioners in the Department of Health, and he knows that that is the case. It is not a question of what we intend to do; it is a question of what those in the European legal system will make of the function and the nature of what we have set up. If they interpret it as an association of undertakings, that is exactly how they will treat it, regardless of what the Bill says or of what the Minister says at the Dispatch Box. This is a matter of concern that has been raised by people who are more knowledgeable about such matters than I am, and it genuinely needs to be addressed.

Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendments 2 to 10 and 13 to 30 agreed to, with Commons financial privileges waived in respect of Lords amendments 7 and 21.

Amendment (a) proposed to Lords amendment 3(1)—(Andy Burnham).

Question put, That the amendment be made.