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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: SafeguardingTo ask His Majesty’s Government, following recent reports by Open AI that many people have exhibited signs of suicidal ideation or other mental health emergencies while messaging…04 Nov 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: SafeguardingMy Lords, ChatGPT is giving British teens dangerous advice on suicide, eating disorders and substance abuse. A report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that,…04 Nov 2025HANSARDAntisemitism: UniversitiesMy Lords, anyone who has watched the videos of what has happened to Professor Ben-Gad—the harassment and intimidation—will be rightly appalled. Unfortunately, as we have heard,…29 Oct 2025HANSARDMBRRACE-UK Report 2025To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the MBRRACE-UK 2025 report Saving Lives, Improving Mothers ’ Care 2025: Lessons learned to inform maternity care…23 Oct 2025HANSARDMBRRACE-UK Report 2025I thank my noble friend the Minister for her reply. I want to ask specifically about the issue of late maternal deaths, which were significantly higher in this reporting period.…23 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackMy Lords, my eight year-old daughter already has to go into and out of her Jewish school every day with a heavy security presence. There are security guards on the door and there…15 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI beg to move.19 Sept 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. As I understand it, it is within the gift of the Select Committee to determine who will be called for evidence. I have sought to…19 Sept 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very grateful for the intervention, and I was just about to come on to that, but I will answer that now. The answer is yes, absolutely. The intention is that all the evidence…19 Sept 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAt end insert “but that the Committee of the Whole House shall not commence before a report has been received from a select committee appointed by the House to consider certain…19 Sept 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, there are passionately held views on the subject before us, and the informed and respectful deliberation so far shows your Lordships’ House at its best. We are being…19 Sept 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have spoken already about how my experience as a Member in the other place has made me very concerned about this Bill, and more determined that it must not be a cause…19 Sept 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat it is desirable that a select committee be appointed to consider the safeguards and procedures contained in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill; that the Committee…19 Sept 2025HANSARDSuicide ReductionMy Lords, I too extend my warm welcome to my colleague; it is fantastic to see my noble friend back on the Front Bench. In our country, the greatest killer of women in the year…08 Sept 2025HANSARDPalestinian Territories: Development SupportMy Lords, one of the most important things we can do to help create a Palestinian state that we all want to see is the Government’s work to support reform of the Palestinian…01 Sept 2025HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationMy Lords—16 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic Festivals: Hate SpeechMy Lords, here we have an artist who gleefully spouted hate speech and incited violence, the largest festival organiser in the country who gave him a platform and a public service…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025I am conscious of time, but specifically on that point, I bore witness to the attack on the Jewish business in north-west London last May. It reverberated throughout the entire…03 Jul 2025HANSARDPerinatal Mental HealthTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the spending on perinatal mental health services in England in the financial year 2024-25.25 Jun 2025HANSARDPerinatal Mental HealthI thank my noble friend the Minister for her reply and declare my interest as chair of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. It is heartening to hear the Government’s assessment…25 Jun 2025