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Lord Harper (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 February 2026

Debate

Arrangement of Business

Contribution

Again, the groans do not suggest that people are listening with courtesy and respect. I have been in this Chamber for every single minute of debate on this Bill and have listened to every contribution, even those that I fundamentally do not agree with, with courtesy and respect. I think it is good that we all do that on a Bill of such importance, which is being viewed by people outside this Chamber. The final point I was going to say is that we would have made more progress if many of the known issues with this Bill when it was first introduced and left the other place had been dealt with at an earlier stage. We are making progress; we have improved the Bill. We accepted the amendment the noble and learned Lord tabled on dealing with the well-known issue of anorexia. We have improved the Bill, but that could have been done a long time ago. Those complaining about the lack of progress ought to reflect on their own contribution to the Bill not being in a state where we are able to make swifter progress and move to Report at an earlier opportunity.

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