"My Lords, can the Minister now answer the question from the Conservative Front Bench? How much money has been got back from the fraudsters and how much of that has ended up with the victims of this appalling crime?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"All right—they could apply, if that helps the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter.
We have to think closely about this, because this is the essence of the Bill. I do not understand how we can be comfortable with the whole idea that some of these diagnoses will be completely wrong and, …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, I have always considered that the six months was critical to the essence of this Bill, because there has to be some point at which doctors say that you are likely to die. Misdiagnosis has been a problem. I recognise the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Murphy. …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"I echo the sentiments of the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, about the noble Lord, Lord Grocott. I did not realise he was ill. It is very sad that he is not with us today, and I know we will all wish him the very best recovery from the problems that …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"Given the noble and learned Lord’s encyclopaedic knowledge of the statute book, can he tell us what went wrong with the Abortion Bill, which morphed without parliamentary consent, much to the concern of its sponsor, Lord Steel...." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to address the issue of mission creep. I have tabled amendments that come so late in the procedure that I do not think we will ever reach them, but I am concerned that the Bill, if it becomes an Act of Parliament, will morph into …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"Is the noble Baroness not concerned, as I am, that we are conflating expertise with bias? People think that because somebody is expert, they are independent. It does not necessarily follow. There could be people who are expert but at the same time very biased in their approach to any …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"I wish I could agree with my noble friend Lord Markham, but at the end of the day we have a National Health Service and it has to make choices, and we know that the National Health Service is desperately short of money. If it can save money by making …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"Could I come back on that? I never said that it was a major reason: I just said that it was a consideration that had to be made. Budgets are very strapped in the NHS at the moment and, if it can ensure that people who are blocking beds vote …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"The noble and learned Lord kindly agreed to address the issue of inadvertent misdiagnosis and he said that this group of amendments led by Amendment 71 was the time to bring that up. It was pointed out at the time by the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, that 23% of six-month …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech