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HANSARDAI SuperintelligenceI thank my noble friend for indicating that superintelligent AI is expected to emerge over the course of the next couple of years. It was the head of the IMF who said at Davos…03 Feb 2026HANSARDAI SuperintelligenceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of when AI superintelligence which can surpass human capabilities will be developed; and the potential impact of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessI am listening very carefully. I am asking for a point of clarification from my noble friend, whom I have been listening to very carefully; obviously, we listen to his advice and…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, very briefly, I support the amendment that is calling for face-to-face consultations to take place, rather than only in exceptional cases. I want to reflect on why this…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTikTok: Bereaved British ParentsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the litigation brought by bereaved British parents against TikTok following the deaths of…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTikTok: Bereaved British ParentsMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for her reply. Ellen Roome is one of a number of bereaved British parents who are suing TikTok. Ellen had been fighting for four years to get…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt may aid the Committee to know that, before Christmas, the Minister in the other place indicated via a Statement that the Government were currently developing a palliative and…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord and I sat on the Select Committee on the Bill. He may recall that I pressed the Minister specifically on this point: to clarify who would be delivering an assisted…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way. It might be helpful, in the context of this conversation, for noble Lords to be aware that the data that the Department for Work and…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis is a point of clarification about access to high-quality palliative care. It should also be about timely access, because we know that, even in the parts of the country where…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I also extend my thanks to the staff of the House for all their diligence in looking after us, particularly at this late hour. I thank all those who have participated in…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I shall speak in support of Amendments 44, 313, 341, 452, 511 and 580 in my name, which are distinct from the group that we have just addressed in a very quick fashion…23 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 94A, along with the noble Baronesses, Lady Benjamin and Lady Cass, and the noble Lord, Lord Nash. In the interests of time I will not…21 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn this particular point, there is something fundamental that would equip all of us in this Committee, irrespective of our views on the principle of the Bill before us, which is…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 31 in the name of my noble friend Lady Ritchie. It would clarify that the request for assistance to end one’s life must come from the…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWould my noble friend—09 Jan 2026HANSARDComputer-generated Child Sexual Abuse MaterialMy Lords, upload prevention technology is already being used by platforms in private messaging environments to detect harmful content such as malware, and, as we have just heard,…07 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, just in advance of withdrawing the amendments, I would like to put on record the magnitude of this issue. In the last recorded year, there were 141,925 people who had…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, for the record, I inform the Committee that there was only one vote taken in the Select Committee. The vote was on whether the committee should receive written evidence;…12 Dec 2025