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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as I indicated in the previous discussion, I feel that this is a moral issue on which a line has to be drawn. I will not rehearse all the debates we had previously, but…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure and a real responsibility to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, and her hugely powerful speech. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyMy Lords, the pre-briefings in the Sunday paper, before the Statement was delivered in the other place, talked about middle-class drug users losing their passports. When we…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyMy Lords, I will follow on from the contribution by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, reflecting on the long-term failure of decades of the so-called war on drugs. I imagine that the…09 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: GovernanceMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wei. I very much agree with his desire to get greater public involvement in, understanding of and engagement with the…08 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am going to structure this speech untraditionally, beginning with a short list of some of the issues that I expect to pick up in Committee and adding to the list…07 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy Lords, in responding to my last question, the Minister referred to the mixed economy of ownership of healthcare provision. I am sure that he is aware that 84% of care home beds…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Institutional Framework (EUC Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, and to reassure him, or perhaps apologise to him, that this time I am not intending to tweet a…06 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy Lords, the first paragraph of this Statement says that it outlines “the preparations we are making so that health and social care services remain resilient … and available to…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, like many noble Lords taking part in this debate, I have been receiving a continual flow of desperate emails from people in Afghanistan begging for help. I have been…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPower Outages: North of EnglandMy Lords, in responding to the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, the Minister said that “we” need to ensure more resilience, but of course we are talking here about private companies,…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBBC: Government SupportMy Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Bragg, for securing this debate and introducing it so beautifully, even if, when I hear his mellifluous tones, I cannot…02 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, importantly said that the pandemic is not over. I think sometimes, listening to your Lordships’ House, that some people have not…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHIV and AIDSMy Lords, following on from the noble Baroness’s question, the UK Government played a leading role in establishing the Medicines Patent Pool, which is a means of simplifying and…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021Before the Minister sits down—01 Dec 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, I have noted the mood of the House that we have genuinely come together today to bury the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, not to praise…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the Minister referred to a thriving diagnostic market in PCR tests. When these were previously commonly required, there were huge problems with misleading advertising…29 Nov 2021HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, asks about the impact of arms sales on peace in eastern Europe. In the light of the US and allied withdrawal from Afghanistan, the broader…29 Nov 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I join others in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Caine, to his new role. When it comes to day-to-day politics, Northern Ireland, for all its particular issues, encounters…29 Nov 2021HANSARDMigrantsMy Lords, in following the noble Lords, Lord Green and Lord Lilley, I want to question one of many points from each of them. The noble Lord, Lord Green, contrasted the people…25 Nov 2021