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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by thanking the Minister for our meeting last week. I have listened carefully to what she has said today and during that meeting; I am afraid that she has not…11 Sept 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken in this brief debate. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for at least agreeing with the principle, even if she cannot…11 Sept 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Channel CrossingsMy Lords, last month’s High Court judgment said that the Home Office’s national transfer scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children was failing. The judge said that neither…07 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateMy Lords, there is a shocking omission from the Statement. During the passage of the Illegal Migration Bill, a number of noble Lords expressed concern for the safety of…06 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI am sorry to come back on this point but the answer that the Minister has given twice now to my noble friend Lord Scriven is in conflict with the answer that he gave the noble…06 Sept 2023HANSARDMMR VaccineMy Lords, the NHS says that susceptibility is not just among the under-twos; it is particularly high among 19 to 25 year-olds whose parents were affected by the unfounded…20 Jul 2023HANSARDHong Kong: Bounties for Exiled Pro-democracy Activists[ Inaudible . ]06 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS Long-term Workforce PlanMy Lords, while this NHS plan is welcome, can the Minister say whether this Government will undertake to commit to the plan and, crucially, to its funding and not change the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will be very brief because many of the points have been made by others during the debate. Yet again the Minister has not answered the speakers’ questions. Yet again we…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Ludford is unable to be in her place today. I am introducing her Amendments 114 and 116 in this group, which remove children from the effects of the…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractTo ask His Majesty’s Government, in light of the contract awarded to Palantir, what plans it has to ensure that NHS contracts are procured through a public and transparent tender…22 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractMy Lords, it is not the first closed contract used that way, particularly for Palantir, since 2020. Ministers deliberately excluded the NHS from the new rules in the Procurement…22 Jun 2023HANSARDMetastatic and Secondary Breast CancerMy Lords, the most recently published cancer registration statistics are for 2020—published in autumn 2022—which note severe disruption to data collection as a result of Covid.…19 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham’s Amendment 128B, in particular the reference to removing BNO nationals from the safe and…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWill the Minister give way?14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy intervention is on the previous topic.14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to the Minister for allowing me to intervene. I return to Amendment 128B and his comments on those with BNO status. I raised whether they should be included within…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWith the greatest of respect to the Minister, it is covered by Amendment 128B. It is quite explicitly covered by that amendment.14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham, the noble Baronesses, Lady Lister and Lady Neuberger, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord…12 Jun 2023