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HANSARDMusic and Dance Schools: Affordable AccessI send my warmest congratulations to my noble friend Lord Blackwell and my appreciation of his dedicated service at the Yehudi Menuhin School. It is always a privilege to follow…16 Oct 2025HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionMy Lords, I endorse the comments of my noble friend Lord Kamall about recognition of those doctors who have decided not to take action. There can be no way that doctors abandoning…16 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanMy Lord, this is a pot-pourri of worthy aspirations, with the most extraordinary sense of déjà vu: hospital to community; sickness to prevention; a patient-driven NHS; league…09 Jul 2025HANSARDStill-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL]I would be particularly grateful if the noble Baroness could come back to me on Part 2 of the 2019 Act, which authorises coroners to become involved in stillbirths.04 Jul 2025HANSARDStill-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL]My Lords, I also speak in the gap, and I apologise for not having been able to put my name down earlier. I most warmly congratulate my friend—we have worked together for about 30…04 Jul 2025HANSARDPublic Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report)My Lords, I agree with all those who have warmly commended the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, and of Hull University, for his characteristically rigorous, accessible, practical…25 Apr 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateMy Lords, the point is well made about duplication, bureaucracy and excessive cost. Can the Minister give us an assurance, though, that we will not move from excessive…19 Mar 2025HANSARDIntegration and Community CohesionMy Lords, many congratulations to my noble friend for introducing this debate—I think not for the first time, but it matters all the more. How good it is that those of us in this…13 Mar 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I am delighted to speak today. There are two debates I always enjoy. One is the Archbishop of Canterbury’s debate. Well, there are no bishops here today, so we cannot go…06 Mar 2025HANSARDRegulated and Other Activities (Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL]My Lords, I warmly commend the noble Baroness for her tenacity in bringing forward this Bill. There is enormous respect and support for what she is doing. I want to touch on the…17 Jan 2025HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Annual Progress ReportMy Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, with whom I have had many encounters over the years. I thank the Senior Deputy Speaker for a characteristically…16 Jan 2025HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Annual Progress ReportThat has made my day. People do notice. Various vice-chancellors kept writing and saying, “We’ve got a new project or development, and we wouldn’t have had that without the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Cohesion and Community during Periods of ChangeMy Lords, I am delighted to speak in this debate, which always has a particularly important place in the calendar. I look back fondly at our debate this time last year on families…06 Dec 2024HANSARDBudget: Arts, Heritage and Cultural OrganisationsDoes my noble friend agree that, in these difficult times, waste is to be avoided at all costs? We have the wonderful Imperial War Museum with the Holocaust galleries. The last…14 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Arts, Heritage and Cultural OrganisationsI tried very hard, but the traffic was very bad.14 Nov 2024HANSARDUniversitiesMy Lords, this debate is, to me, the House of Lords at its best. Earlier this week, we were discussing the future of the House of Lords. I do not think that an elected House would…14 Nov 2024HANSARDPublic LibrariesWith her excellent points, will the noble Baroness very briefly allow me to invite her to visit the Wiener Holocaust Library, a much better place for the Holocaust memorial…12 Sept 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, it is an honour to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, with whose views I so frequently agree, although he always expresses the arguments with much greater…04 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, for whom I have very high regard. The Minister will discover that in the House of Lords the debates are much…24 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityMy Lords, will the Minister have an early meeting with his opposite number in the Department of Health, because the NHS has responsibility for prison health services? I regret…24 Jul 2024