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HANSARDHospitals and Nursing Homes: Do Not Resuscitate NoticesMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and refer to my interests in the register.01 Oct 2020HANSARDHospitals and Nursing Homes: Do Not Resuscitate NoticesI am grateful to my noble friend and am aware of the letters written in respect of people with learning disabilities and autism during the first phase of the Covid-19 outbreak.…01 Oct 2020HANSARDHospitals and Nursing Homes: Do Not Resuscitate NoticesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the use of Do Not Resuscitate notices in hospitals and nursing homes since March.01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: NHS Long-term PlanMy Lords, my noble friend will be aware that the long-term plan has set an ambitious target for 2028 of 75% of cancers being diagnosed at stages 1 and 2. Does he agree that this…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19My noble friend will be only too aware of the consequences of non-Covid patients’ reluctance to present themselves at hospitals and even to GPs for treatment and support. With the…03 Sept 2020HANSARDStonehengeWill my noble friend also give us information today about the A303 west of Stonehenge, up to where it joins the A30? I have travelled that road for over 40 years and am aware, as…23 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentCan my noble friend identify what lessons have been learnt so far from both the quantity and quality of the PPE that has been used in homes and hospitals? What action will be…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Infection RateMy noble friend will know that lifting restrictions cannot and will not apply to everyone. The list of vulnerabilities has increased since March as we have learned more about how…06 Jul 2020HANSARDLammy ReviewWhen David Lammy was preparing his review, I held a meeting with him because he had identified within the BAME prison population a significant number of prisoners on the autism…02 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I very much welcome the commitment given by my noble friend in his opening remarks to the pledges made in the letter of 5 June from the two Secretaries of State about…10 Jun 2020HANSARDHospitals: Patient SafetyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to update the guidance given to hospitals about ensuring the safety of patients who do not have Covid-19 who require…21 May 2020HANSARDHospitals: Patient SafetyEmergency admissions, of which we have seen many, though perhaps not enough, have resulted in people being very afraid of going into hospital, because there has been a lack of…21 May 2020HANSARDSmart MetersI hope that my noble friend is not losing too much sleep over this, because the prefix “smart”, as far as government policy is concerned, is being questioned across the nation.…10 Feb 2020HANSARDData Science: Government ProcessesI assure my noble friend that I do not wish to reopen the identity cards debate, other than to say that, although I voted against them in another place some years ago, I have…04 Feb 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsMy Lords, I had the privilege of representing a Devon constituency for 18 years and I support the view of the Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall on this matter. May I…08 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social Care: MalnutritionCould my noble friend please take a look at the frail elderly living alone at home who are not necessarily regularly seen by doctors because they do not present with symptoms?…05 Nov 2019HANSARDMental Disorder: Autism and Learning DisabilitiesIn support of what the noble Lord, Lord Touhig, and the noble Baroness said—we greatly welcome her chairmanship of the review—there is a very good reason for removing autism as a…05 Nov 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechI am listening very carefully to what the noble Baroness is saying but, when she goes back to 2010, does she not remember that little note left by one of her Ministers at the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDEducation: Special Educational Needs BudgetIn respect of children with special needs who require diagnosis and then further assessment—I am particularly thinking of those on the autism spectrum—when they reach the age of…17 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I am always pleased to follow the noble Lord. I am pleased also to welcome the two maiden speeches in today’s debate. I will focus on a really quite narrow area. In some…17 Oct 2019