Contributions
2,365 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill20 Oct 2025HANSARDHIV: Testing and Medical CareMy Lords, there has been a decline in the rate of testing of 16 to 24 year-olds, which is deeply concerning. Are the Government going to tackle that as a matter of urgency,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly. It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, as I did recently in the Moses Room on the same issue of whistleblowing. The…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and everyone who has taken part in this short but important debate. I was sitting here thinking of the volunteers who are…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, having attached my name to the amendment so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, I will speak very briefly to explain why this is something…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will move Amendment 24 and briefly speak to Amendment 46 in this group. I will start with Amendment 46, tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Russell, and the noble Lord,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDShanghai Cooperation OrganisationNo worries. My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Stuart of Edgbaston, for securing this important debate and for her clear introduction, which rightly highlighted Francis…16 Oct 2025HANSARDShanghai Cooperation OrganisationMy Lords—16 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDMy Lords, the noble Lord may have seen an article in Computer Weekly in June in which the headline talked about the eVisa system as being “error-prone” and “anxiety-inducing”.…14 Oct 2025HANSARDWest Papua: DeforestationMy Lords, by coincidence, this morning I had a meeting facilitated by ActionAid UK with babassu coconut-breaking women from the Cerrado in Brazil. Will the Minister acknowledge…14 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, responding to the noble Baroness about vaccination, I think it is important that we put facts on the record. She suggested that vaccination of children was primarily to…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to take part in this rich and terribly important debate, having attached my name to Amendments 469 and 470, which are also signed by the right…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillYes, flu vaccination—I have just been looking at the Health Security Agency website about the vaccination of children against flu, and it says: “Flu can be an extremely unpleasant…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lord, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and to share in her concern about the need to prepare pupils in this age of shocks where we literally do not…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe noble Lord, Lord Russell. There we are—promotions are good. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Russell, even though he pre-empted one of my lines: imagine having…18 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak chiefly to the amendments in the Green group’s name in this diverse but very important group. I will briefly mention Amendment 345, already powerfully and…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 290 in my name, which was tabled as Amendment 119 in the other place by my honourable friend Ellie Chowns. I agree with the noble Earl, Lord…17 Sept 2025HANSARDDeforestationMy Lords, given that the UK is the 15th largest contributor to tropical forest deforestation and that the Environment Act was passed in November 2021, can the Minister explain why…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillGiven that my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb signed this amendment, I just briefly reinforce what the noble Baronesses have already said. The noble Baroness, Lady Young of…17 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank the noble Lord for that clarification. Of course, what he just said applies to any amendment that your Lordships’ House inserts into a government Bill. The argument for…16 Sept 2025