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HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]I declare that I am president of the CO Research Trust and a member of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. The Minister has already referred to our report. I am…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDChildren: Physical PunishmentMy Lords, do the Government recognise that this report shows quite clearly the link between a failure to protect children from abuse and poor outcomes for those children? If…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCompassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VATMy Lords, do the Government recognise that it has been estimated that, for each pound invested in research, there is an approximate 25p return on that in perpetuity. Therefore, we…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am absolutely delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, who has really put his finger on summarising all these amendments incredibly well. As you go through,…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDRare Cancers: Diagnosis and TreatmentTo ask His Majesty’s Government what incentives they are creating to encourage pharmaceutical and medical technology industries to innovate in the diagnosis and treatment of rare…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDRare Cancers: Diagnosis and TreatmentI am grateful to the Minister for outlining what are laudable aims, but the reality is that, every year, about 67,000 people die from rare cancers. About 10,500 of those have…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDHealth-related Benefits AssessmentsHow many long-term claimants with severe long-term disabilities, who will never have a life devoid of dependence on disability benefits, has it been agreed will not be recalled to…08 Jun 2026HANSARDDeclining Birth RatesMy Lords, I am most grateful to my colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, for having secured this debate, and to the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, for having introduced the…04 Jun 2026HANSARDCombating Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and GenocideMy Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Alton of Liverpool for never having stopped keeping up the pressure on enhancing our awareness of human rights, often at great…04 Jun 2026HANSARDRetirement and Participation CommitteeMy noble friend Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield has been a fine mentor to the whole House. That was evident today. As we proceed without him, we must not let him down. Laws send…18 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy noble friend Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield has been a fine mentor to the whole House. That was evident today. As we proceed without him, we must not let him down. Laws send…18 May 2026HANSARDCancer Outcomes in the UKMy Lords, like others I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Patel for securing this debate today, which is acute myeloid leukaemia day—so it seems very appropriate. I declare…21 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I declare an interest, in that I am president of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, so it is partly with that hat on that I am asking these questions. The…15 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026If I may add to the list of questions, I think it might be helpful for the Minister to explain how the decisions over the size relate to the Purple Guide that the Health and…15 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideMy Lords, as the use of nitrous oxide involves the substance hitting the opioid receptors, as with heroin and other drugs, will the Government undertake education of young people…13 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNoble Lords are repeatedly intervening on the different points. As for the numbers, the estimates, based on the evidence from other countries, suggest that the estimates in the…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 190, 268, 359, 617 and 660 in this group. The crux of this group is that assisting suicide is not a medical treatment, and products to bring about the…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI intervene on the noble Baroness’s comment about training. Everybody is, indeed, trained in abortion, for example, as they go through medical school, but by the time you are…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWhat assessment was made by the Government when saying that the proposals in these amendments would limit the ability to design an optimum service in relation to the Bill, given…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not quite understand, then, why I received a letter dated 26 March, just this week, from the Royal College of General Practitioners, requesting explicit clarification in the…27 Mar 2026