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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I have not spoken in this debate so far, but I have listened intently to everything that everybody has said, including the noble Baroness, Lady Murphy. Members of the Select…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, since this is the first time during our proceedings that I propose something, I declare an interest as a member of an advisory panel for Rethink Mental Illness in an…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]It is getting late, and people wish to have their dinner because they been here a long time. I think we have had a partial response from the Minister. I believe that care and…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everybody who has taken part in the debate on this group of amendments. We were, in essence, trying to get answers to the following questions. Who is responsible…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Those of us who were here in 2006 listened to the Minister’s predecessor at the Dispatch Box making pretty much the same speech that she has made now, and nothing has changed in…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I thank the Minister and welcome that. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.14 Jan 2025HANSARDComplications from Abortions (Annual Report) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am going to take the opportunity to explain the context of the Bill and say what it is really about. In doing so, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for yet again…13 Dec 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of an advisory panel for Rethink Mental Illness. The House of Lords is an institution that is frequently criticised. Those of us who…25 Nov 2024HANSARDCommunity and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Porter. Noble Lords who, like me, have visited Fulwood, will appreciate that it is one of the best places in Britain to test new…31 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewMy Lords, my reason for taking part in the debate today is that over the past three or four decades in my professional life, which was in the charity sector, I had experience of…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHIV Care: AccessMy Lords, if that pilot in the 47 areas shows, as it did in London with the Elton John work, that such testing finds people who not only do not know their status but are lost to…11 Sept 2024HANSARDNHS Continuing HealthcareMy Lords, this issue has been a football between health and social care for many decades. We have never sorted out whose responsibility it is to do assessments and to make sure…02 Sept 2024HANSARDRelationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory GuidanceMy Lords, the Statement says that this is about teaching children facts, not pushing the agendas of campaign groups. With that in mind, will the Minister provide details of the…16 May 2024HANSARDIntegration of Primary and Community Care (Committee Report)My Lords, I too pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley. She and I have sat on a number of Select Committees in recent days, and I have to say that she was excellent…09 May 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]It is not uncommon for health professionals to have different views and for their views to develop over time. However, I would much rather listen to either of those than to a…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, I wish to put on record that although my noble friend and I have very different views, as a matter of principle I defend her right to make her views known, and I hope…22 Mar 2024HANSARDSexual and Reproductive HealthcareTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current level of provision for sexual and reproductive healthcare in England and the case for a workforce…19 Mar 2024HANSARDSexual and Reproductive HealthcareMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords and the Minister. Their participation at this late stage is very much appreciated. I also thank the British Association for Sexual Health and…19 Mar 2024HANSARDCancer: StaffingMy Lords, does the Minister agree with us on these Benches that there should be a statutory two-month period between diagnosis and access to appropriate treatment for any cancer…14 Mar 2024HANSARDGender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction of this SI. As she said, last December the Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch MP, announced that she was planning…12 Mar 2024