UNESCO: Westminster World Heritage Site
Debate between Lord Cormack and Baroness Jolly
Baroness Jolly
Regrettably, I do not have the ear of Mr Pickles, so I am unable to do so.
Lord Cormack (Con)
My Lords, it is very important that my noble friend, even at this late stage in the Parliament, does obtain the ear of Mr Pickles, because what he has done has placed in jeopardy the whole future of Westminster as a world heritage site. Do we really want to end this Parliament on that note?
Baroness Jolly
I take the noble Lord’s point. However, UNESCO has not warned us of a possible delisting of the Palace. It has asked that the state of conservation report for the site be submitted by 1 February. The Government have carefully considered UNESCO’s request not to approve the scheme but concluded that the level of harm to the world heritage site would be substantially less than that suggested by UNESCO.
Medical Innovation Bill [HL]
Debate between Lord Cormack and Baroness Jolly(9 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Jolly
At the moment, it is not the intention that it should be compulsory, but it should be such that doctors would not dream of not recording on the register. In that way innovation is spread but failures are disseminated, if that makes sense.
Lord Cormack
The noble Lord has made a very important point. My noble friend clearly is very sympathetic. At Third Reading there will be an opportunity for a suitable amendment. It would reassure people throughout the House and, more important, throughout the country if there were such an amendment.
General Practitioners: Hippocratic Oath
Debate between Lord Cormack and Baroness Jolly(9 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Jolly
I cannot say whether or not Hippocrates would be surprised. However, doctors—certainly, those in the out-of-hours service—are committed to home visits where it is decided that they are clinically appropriate.
Lord Cormack (Con)
My Lords, in my former constituency, a well respected GP said to me that no doctor can truly know his patient unless he knows him at home as well as in the surgery. Does she agree?
Baroness Jolly
I really do not have the experience on which to draw. It sounds like a good idea, but how practical it is I do not know.