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HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingSome mothers genuinely cannot breastfeed; I was among them. What are the Government doing to strengthen the rules about sugar and other unfortunate things getting into baby food?24 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyMy Lords, I am absolutely delighted about the solar panels measures, because I have been asking questions of this Government about the fact that locally, in east Devon, there is…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I strongly support this amendment. I declare that I am vice-chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation and co-chair of the all-party group against modern slavery. Ten…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI entirely understand and respect the Minister’s reservations, particularly on not putting regulations in primary legislation that might make more difficulty—that I understand. It…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI ask the noble Baroness how on earth she thinks that parents will be able to stand up against their children so they will not have phones? What we are discussing here is phones…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I feel the need to move on. I very much support early years strategy, and I particularly appreciated the speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Russell of Liverpool and Lord…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI find these two amendments extremely interesting, and I very much support the spirit of them. But I am not at all happy, I have to say, about exactly how they are put forward. I…19 Jun 2025HANSARDGibraltarMy Lords, I very much support what the noble Lord has just said. I am also a member of the Anglo-Gibraltar group, and I go very regularly to Gibraltar. I have visited Gibraltar…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I apologise for not being present at the beginning of the discussion of these amendments. One issue that I was worried about many years ago, and I would be surprised if…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 118, 144 and 165 in particular. Dealing with perhaps the least important of the three: as a boarding school girl, I think that boarding school can…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, what the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, has just said is entirely sensible, and, if I may, I add my voice to it. I did not know about this group of children. It seems…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThis may be a rather silly question, but in my experience of the Atkinson secure accommodation unit, every child needs at least two carers. There are even children who need three.…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAdult Social CareIn supporting the noble Lord, Lord Laming, I ask the Minister whether anything can be done officially to raise the status of care workers. Status is often very important for…16 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Order Act 1986: Section 5What is the view of the Government about incidents logged by the police which do not in fact create crimes?10 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I strongly support this amendment and agree with everything that has been said so far, particularly the very important and valuable contribution by the noble Lord, Lord…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I very much support not only early intervention but intervention at various levels when the family absolutely needs it. As the noble Lord, Lord Meston, said, there is a…09 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthMy Lords, having just heard what the Minister said about the various regions, may I ask him what, if anything, will happen further west than Bristol?05 Jun 2025HANSARDFarmers: CompetitivenessMy Lords, to correct the record—I live partly in a village with very small farms—it is not just rich people who have farms. What are the Government doing to support food…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military BaseSuccessive Governments of all political backgrounds have behaved disgracefully towards the Chagossians. I presided in a case for the Court of Appeal in which we were unable to…03 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I cannot resist picking up on what the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, said about the two children whose approach to education was so different. It happened exactly in my…22 May 2025