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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this is an extremely important amendment. I have a slight concern that the Minister in replying may say that the Crime and Policing Bill is the place for such an…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to all those who have who have spoken in support of this amendment. I am slightly disappointed that it leapt straight into the court end of things. I…09 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I was unfortunately delayed in getting here for the start of the previous group of amendments. I had added my name to the amendments on education. However, I am…05 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group and strongly congratulate the Government on having picked up the concept of a unique child identifier. I was part of the group,…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, briefly, these clauses are going to be incredibly important to empower information sharing, but I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, for having raised so many of the…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI slightly question the noble Lord’s assumption that inspection would be required at the level that he has outlined. Very often, you have a very caring parent who is extremely…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for her generous words. These centres are really important for children who have come from extremely…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall briefly speak in support of these amendments and of research. We do not need to have a national database established in order to do research because, first,…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAs the Minister was speaking, I was thinking that the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has been campaigning for this for a very long time. I hope that she will be…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, in responding I hope the Minister will be able to point out that the purpose of the Bill has a golden spine running through it, and that is the UN Convention on the…20 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceMy Lords, I declare an interest as president of Attend. Can the Minister explain how, in the new system, the Government will work with an organisation such as Attend, which…20 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillMy Lords, I should inform the Committee that, if Amendment 2 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 4, 11, 12 or 13 because of pre-emption. Amendment 219 May 2025HANSARDMedical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025I thank the Minister very much for her introduction to this tide-over regulation, which is as it has been portrayed to us. I should declare that my son is involved in medical…06 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsMy Lords, the commission on palliative care that I am currently involved in has found that by integrating services for patients with dementia, such as in the York Frailty Hub, the…01 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillChildren are the fabric of the future, to paraphrase the excellent maiden speech from the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed. Legislating for the welfare of children is crucial, and we…01 May 2025HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025My Lords, I should inform the House that, if this amendment is agreed to, I will be unable to call the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, by reason of…30 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, on Amendment 89 there is an error in the Marshalled List, which says “leave out from beginning to end of line 8”. It should instead say “leave out from beginning to end…28 Apr 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to be allowed to speak in the gap. Laws send social messages. My maiden speech was on the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill, introduced by the noble…23 Apr 2025HANSARDElectrocardiogram ScreeningMy Lords, at the very effective seminar that was arranged, it was clear that the screening of high-performance athletes is the area where benefit has been found. I wonder whether…22 Apr 2025HANSARDFunerals: Death Certificate DelaysMy Lords, at the Commission on Palliative and End-of-Life Care, chaired by Professor Sir Mike Richards, we have heard from medical examiners and the bereaved. It is clear that the…03 Apr 2025