Tag Archives: Bills

Diary of a baroness

Baroness Deech 30/03/2011 – 9:58 pm

Saturday we celebrated with an old friend who thinks he has been appointed to the Supreme Court.  I say "thinks" because although the appointment is all over the internet, there has been no official announcement.  The appointment has been brewing for about 5 months, and still no formal announcement. Apparently it cannot be announced until the Queen - the Pope - NATO - Uncle Tom Cobley and all ha […]

Recognising bad legislation

Lord Norton 06/11/2009 – 9:43 am

A colleague came up with an interesting observation the other evening: "The longer the title, the worse the Bill."    I can see a research project coming on...

I was wrong about BMA

Baroness Murphy 19/03/2008 – 6:54 pm

I was so right ( see my last blog) to meet the BMA representatives today to talk through their concerns about the Health and Social Care Bill. In fact the anxieties which some of their members had expressed about the new fitness to practice procedures seem to have been addressed by their discussions with the GMC so we had a very amicable and informative meeting.  I was also pleased to have attend […]