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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I rise with the advantage over the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, in that I will speak to only one amendment in this group; I therefore have the right page in front of…27 Mar 2024HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy Lords, I raise an issue relating to what has happened with high-rise buildings since the Grenfell tragedy. This week, the Independent reported that, in high-rise buildings that…27 Mar 2024HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy Lords, the Minister has indicated a number of times that the Government are focused on buildings over 11 metres in height and suggested that other buildings are not really a…27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillSome 50,000 organisations access that information, but does the Government have any data on it? I am not asking for it now, but maybe the Minister could go away and have a look at…27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, with pleasure, as I agree with everything that she just said. I apologise for having failed to notice this in time…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSodium Valproate and Pelvic MeshMy Lords, at the launch of the Patient Safety Commissioner’s report the victims of the Primodos scandal expressed great distress as they felt that they had been airbrushed out. Of…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, who has already set out very clearly what the group is about. I will chiefly confine myself to speaking to my…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillBefore the Minister replies, we may as well do the full round. I agree with him, in that I very much believe in votes at 16 and possibly younger. I have been on many a climate…25 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Government FinancesMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, and to agree with her about the importance of parish and town councils. In travelling around…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHuman Rights: SportswashingBefore we get away from the video, will the Minister defend the words that the UK ambassador said in it?21 Mar 2024HANSARDHuman Rights: SportswashingMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for securing this important debate. I am honoured to take part alongside the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, who gave a very…21 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditMy Lords, returning to the Teesworks project, in writing to the mayor—the noble Lord, Lord Houchen—the Secretary of State said: “Improvement takes time, and where the…20 Mar 2024HANSARDSexual and Reproductive HealthcareMy Lords, I sincerely thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for securing this debate. I thank her slightly less for the fact I have had to throw half of my speech out because she…19 Mar 2024HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024My Lords, I rise to offer the strongest possible Green Party support to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Rennard. This is indeed a great cause for regret, although I…19 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)To respond briefly to the Minister, of course, there is “allowing”, and there is also what checking is being done to make sure that it does not happen anyway. That is the kind of…19 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)My Lords, I will return in some detail to food safety and food standards, referred to by noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, but I point out now that it is the standards of production…19 Mar 2024HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024My Lords, the Minister used the term “strayed into” the issue of donations, as if we were going off the subject. Will she acknowledge that the question of where the money is…19 Mar 2024HANSARDMedical Research TechniquesMy Lords, in responding to me the Minister referred to the apparent necessity of animals for toxicity tests. Of course, the case I had cited was one where liver drugs had passed…18 Mar 2024HANSARDMedical Research TechniquesI thank the noble Lord the Minister for his Answer, but of course animal testing is not working well. Less than 6% of cancer drugs proceed past the first small phase 1 trials, and…18 Mar 2024HANSARDMedical Research TechniquesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the use of human-specific medical research techniques, such as “organ-on-a-chip” and computer modelling, in…18 Mar 2024