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HANSARDAirports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 May be approved. Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, before we start debate on the first group, I rise to remind the House of the rules on declaring interests. Noble Lords should declare any relevant financial interest the…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDWelfare Reforms and Youth UnemploymentI remind the House that this is a time-limited debate. Any extra time Members take will be taken off the Front-Bench response.11 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsI am tempted to answer with a simple and straight yes. My noble friend speaks absolute sense on this agenda. I want to highlight the devastation to provision that she outlines:…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsI recognise the noble Lord’s real commitment in this area and his work over the years. I stress that there are good examples of hubs providing support for families with teenagers,…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsI probably do not have enough time in my short answer to go into all the initiatives, but I assure noble Lords that every Best Start Family Hub will have a Best Start inclusion…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsImproved reporting is a mission for all of us, but most of all it is important to collect the data, as the noble Baroness suggests, and make sure that we use it. Running alongside…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsI am happy to have a discussion with my noble friend but caution that family hubs will be working with all those who care for children and young people, including fathers. We have…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsI congratulate the noble Baroness on taking the opportunity to bring one of her passions into this broader debate. We understand the problems, and other departments are picking…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsThe noble Lord raises an important point. That is why the programme is committed to initially providing a hub within every local authority, expanding over the next two years to…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsI am delighted to hear the noble Lord reference Ann and the brilliant work that has been done for many years. The whole principle of Sure Start was the universal approach,…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBest Start Family HubsMy Lords, we are investing over £900 million in the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programmes, with an ambition for 1,000 hubs by 2028. New guidance published on 30…10 Jun 2026HANSARDFertility Treatment RegulationMy Lords, I am very pleased to respond to this debate, particularly regarding the adequacy of law on the regulation of fertility treatment. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech,…04 Jun 2026HANSARDFertility Treatment RegulationI am delighted to say that I will pass on my noble friend’s comments to the noble Baroness, Lady Merron. As I said, she will follow up on further comments that he has made today.…04 Jun 2026HANSARDAlzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Access to Experimental DrugsI assure my noble friend that I will pass on her comments to my noble friend Lady Merron, who brought together the women’s health strategy, such an important piece of work and…03 Jun 2026HANSARDAlzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Access to Experimental DrugsMy Lords, every person living with dementia, alongside their friends, families and carers, has their own unique and important story. The modern service framework for frailty and…03 Jun 2026HANSARDAlzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Access to Experimental DrugsThe basis for me, and I hope the noble Lord agrees, is that we need much more robust co-creation at local level with different parts of the system coming together—health with…03 Jun 2026HANSARDAlzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Access to Experimental DrugsI thank my noble friend for her tireless work and dedication to this area. I want to reassure her that in developing the MSF we will consider what interventions should be…03 Jun 2026HANSARDAlzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Access to Experimental DrugsThe noble Baroness is absolutely right and, if we stay as we are, the projected figures moving forward to 2040 are, frankly, terrifying. I recognise what she is saying. Do not…03 Jun 2026HANSARDAlzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Access to Experimental DrugsThe noble Lord is right: there has been a real increase in awareness of the cost to the economy and the personal cost to those who become carers. I would like to reassure him that…03 Jun 2026