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HANSARDGaza: Healthcare System SupportMy Lords, I begin by acknowledging the year of agony for the hostages held by Hamas and their families and friends. I regret that the International Committee of the Red Cross has…16 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, I draw the Minister’s attention The AI Mirror , a book by Shannon Vallor, who holds a chair at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. It makes the crucial point that…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseMy Lords, I am sure the whole House will join me in offering sympathy today to all the farmers who are fearing a repeat of the previous disastrous events. As the German Animal…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]14 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-China Economic and Financial DialogueMy Lords, in responding to the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, just now, the Minister said that their austerity—referring to the Tory Government’s austerity—has left us worse…14 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-China Economic and Financial DialogueSince the Minister came directly at me, I very much invite him to look at the Green Party manifesto from the recent election. It remains our position to raise money from a range…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 4, I will speak to the Schedule 1 stand part notice, which is consequent on Amendment 4. Both appear in my name. I will not speak to the other…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her rich and full response, and indeed all noble Lords who have taken part in this important debate. It has been long but that has been quite necessary. I…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak very briefly, having attached my name to Amendments 19 and 20. I support all of the previous amendments, which are in essence about people knowing about…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I should absolutely stress at this point that I am not an expert, but I will certainly do my best to secure as much information as possible and share it with all noble Lords. The…14 Jan 2025HANSARDLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)I have no awareness of the details of the noble Lord’s financial position, but I understand the BBC’s intention to try to make sure that it contextualises the information that is…09 Jan 2025HANSARDLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)I am saying that the BBC is trying to—09 Jan 2025HANSARDLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, since I am speaking after the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, and having listened to his contribution, I feel I must defend the BBC’s intention to contextualise his words. I…09 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill and join the widespread tributes to the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, that we have heard from the Minister and around the…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, if arts and creative organisations are forced to rely on philanthropy from billionaires and giant multinational companies, then they are…08 Jan 2025HANSARDFloodingMy Lords, I preface my question by noting with approval that the Minister finished her answers to the Front-Bench questions by saying that building higher only pushes water out. I…07 Jan 2025HANSARDFloodingSince there is time, let me say that I visited Lancaster after it was hit by serious and major flooding. There was a lot of assessment afterwards of how the community had been…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I begin by joining other noble Lords in offering the Green group’s tribute to the enormous contribution of the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and express our sorrow at…06 Jan 2025HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance SettlementMy Lords, we all know that 14 years of austerity have left local government on its knees and, in many cases, reduced local government to little more than an agent of the…19 Dec 2024HANSARDChina: Human Rights and SecurityMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this timely debate, particularly in the context of the history of Hong Kong, and for his typically powerful…19 Dec 2024