Clive in Parliament - Clive Efford MP

English Football: Financial Sustainability and Governance - [Karl Turner in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Clive Efford made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) on securing this debate. I will focus on one area of the proposed...

Courts and Tribunals: Sitting Days

Commons debates

I expected a little more humility from Conservative Members, who left a legacy of chaos in our prisons and a huge court backlog. What we are dealing with, fundamentally, is the backlog that they...

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

You should stand at every occasion. Anyhow, I call Marie Tidball.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I am sorry. I did not see you.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is helpful if you stand in your place.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Would you like to speak?

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Order. I did not intervene.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I suggest that you take the advice of the House on that, because what people say outside of the Committee is beyond my jurisdiction. The House has rules, and if those rules are breached, it is up...

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 285, in clause 4, page 2, line 28, leave out paragraphs (a) to (c) and insert— “(a) the person’s diagnosis...

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

That is for the wider debate. I call Kim Leadbeater.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

If there is a stand part debate, that will be the right time to make a contribution about the general principles of clause 4.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

The problem is that this is not a general debate on clause 4; it is a debate about a specific group of amendments. We may come later to a general debate on clause 4.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

You will need to explain to me how you are speaking to the amendments.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Order. You need to speak to the amendments in this group.

Clause 4 - Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following: Amendment 8, in clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “practitioner” to end of line 20 and insert...

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Public Bill Committees

Will everyone please ensure that their electronic devices are turned off or switched to silent mode? As I am sure the Committee is aware by now, tea and coffee are not allowed in the room.

Question

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Clive Efford received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to implement the recommendations made by the Leveson Inquiry on independent press regulation.

Clause 2 - Terminal illness

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Clause 2 - Terminal illness

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Order. I remind hon. Members that there are a set of amendments in the next group about anorexia. Let us not go too far down this road.