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HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, I return to the issue raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, about the situation today of clinically vulnerable and otherwise vulnerable groups of people. I note…23 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, as has already been acknowledged, I have put my name to Amendment 63, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, and Amendment 65, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be brief, but in following the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, I have to note that I do not believe that a complaints culture is a problem in the contexts…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly having attached my name to Amendment 147, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, was just speaking so powerfully. I will not repeat anything that…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]What the Minister has just said is complex, but it strikes me, listening to that situation, that this might be a matter of hard cases making bad law. Could we be denying lots of…22 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. I will be brief; I want specifically to speak in favour of Amendment 8, given that I raised this issue…21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead. The example that he just gave us illustrates, down at the level of fine detail, the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I apologise for speaking after the Tory Front Bench, but I thought the noble Lord, Lord Londesborough, was continuing after the voting break. I will speak briefly in…21 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I tried.20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I have two questions about data, and I entirely understand if this could perhaps be included in a letter. The racial disparities are well known and well canvassed, but I am…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 86 and 67, in my name, in this group. I put them in that order as Amendment 86 more naturally follows on from—20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I understand that the Minister may wish to write to me on this, but I wonder whether there is a real prioritisation of those experts by experience guiding that research, and what…20 Jan 2025HANSARDColombia: Bilateral Investment TreatyMy Lords, following on from the last question, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to development has said that ISDSs are crippling for many countries in terms of…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Apologies.20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 67 and 86. I think that this is the right place—I apologise for my earlier confusion; I had a problem with the list. I will start with…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 152. We have already had a rich debate, concentrated on certain areas. This amendment deals with a somewhat different area, which is why I…20 Jan 2025HANSARDConsumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by thanking all those who have helped draft this Bill. I specifically highlight the contributions of all the cross-sectoral stakeholders who took part in the…17 Jan 2025HANSARDConsumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.17 Jan 2025HANSARDConsumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who have taken part in this extremely rich debate, both those who have brought their scientific expertise to the Chamber, and…17 Jan 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise that your Lordships’ House has already heard rather a lot from me today, given that I had the previous Private Member’s Bill, but I wanted to make one…17 Jan 2025