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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI declare an interest as chair of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. The figures have been updated; currently, one in four women experiences a mental health condition in the…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, Amendments 16A and 114A, which were tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, address the fact that for the last 10 years there has been a substantial backlog of…12 Dec 2025HANSARDWest Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv MatchMy Lords, the Times reported that UEFA was present at the Birmingham safety advisory group meeting and that UEFA advised that the Villa-Maccabi game should go ahead. Is my noble…11 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren: Social MediaTo ask His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to introducing a ban on social media for all children under the age of 16 similar to the one to be introduced in…10 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren: Social MediaMy Lords, our children and young people are living through an experiment imposed on them by platforms that are profiting off their stress, their lack of sleep and their diminished…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baronesses, Lady Bertin, Lady Kidron, Lady Benjamin, Lady Kennedy, Lady Boycott and Lady Shawcross-Wolfson, the noble Viscount,…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, my Amendments 4, 249, 257, 304, 337, 446 and 448 raise the eligibility for the provision of assistance under the Bill from 18 to 25. There is no reason, either in law or…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn this very point, and for the record, I think many noble Lords will want to hear specifically how my noble and learned friend’s Bill will ensure that, when it comes to the…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this has been an important debate that really has encapsulated what this House is here to do. There are, of course, other amendments in this group from the noble…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will very briefly raise my serious concerns about the three amendments that remove the specification for domestic abuse training. They are Amendments 290, 366 and 931.…05 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 479 and 480, which seek to prevent chatbots producing illegal content. I also support the other amendments in this group. AI chatbots are already…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy noble friend is making really important comments in this regard, but on the specific issue of Ofcom, perhaps fuelling much of the concern across the Committee are the comments…27 Nov 2025HANSARDNon-Crime Hate IncidentsMy Lords, over the past two years, we have seen levels of antisemitism reach new highs, and while some antisemitic hate speech reaches the criminal threshold, it can also be…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I will make a point that has been raised on a number of occasions, about what happened in the other place and the number of…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI wish to respond briefly to two points. I have every admiration for the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and I definitely concur that we have a responsibility in this House. I also…14 Nov 2025HANSARDGoodmayes Hospital Mental Health FacilityI thank the Minister. It was back in July of 2015 that Alice Figueiredo took her own life using a bin bag from a shared bathroom. She was just 22 years old. Recently leaked…13 Nov 2025HANSARDGoodmayes Hospital Mental Health FacilityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of failings at Goodmayes Hospital mental health facility.13 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanMy Lords, earlier this year, UNICEF released a report entitled Sudan’s Child Rape and Sexual Violence Crisis , which gave some harrowing accounts of armed men raping and sexually…11 Nov 2025