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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for the meeting he arranged to explain his Bill in detail and to answer some of the more naive questions from some…22 Mar 2024HANSARDCancer: StaffingMy Lords, I declare my interest as being employed in part by the Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff. Do the Government recognise that continuity of care is absolutely essential for…14 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, there being an equality of votes, in accordance with Standing Order 55, which provides that no proposal to amend a Bill in the form which it is before the House shall be…11 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI must inform the House that if Amendment 45 is agreed, I will be unable to call Amendment 46 due to pre-emption.06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, before I call the next amendments, I will explain the order of pre-emption, because it is important. If Amendment 8 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 9 to 11 due to…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI remind noble Lords that, if Amendment 9 is agreed to, I will be unable to call Amendments 10 and 11 due to pre-emption. Amendment 904 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I cannot call Amendments 10 and 11 due to pre-emption. I remind the House that Peers should not cross the Floor between the Woolsack and the clerks during voting. If…04 Mar 2024HANSARDMyanmar: Health SystemMy Lords, I appreciate being allowed to speak briefly in the gap. Some of us will have had the pleasure—indeed, the overwhelming experience—of hearing Aung San Suu Kyi when she…29 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS: Neurology CareMy Lords, I declare my interests in palliative care. Do the Government recognise that many of the patients with neurological disease are living with palliative care symptoms such…26 Feb 2024HANSARDAnaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024My Lords, I declare that I am a doctor registered with the General Medical Council, a member of the BMA and a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal…26 Feb 2024HANSARDLife Sciences BusinessesMy Lords, the Minister referred to the position of the US as being in advance of the UK in life science innovations. Our universities increasingly recognise the critical need to…26 Feb 2024HANSARDAnaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024I hesitate to rise because the House clearly wants to end the debate, but I am not sure whether the Minister, in summing up, said whether the titles of physician associate and…26 Feb 2024HANSARDAnaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024At end to insert “but regrets that the draft Order refers to “associates” rather than “assistants”, which would more properly reflect the role, scope and responsibilities of such…26 Feb 2024HANSARDPoverty ReductionMy Lords it is a very great pleasure to follow the excellent maiden speech of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Hereford, which demonstrates clearly his commitment to rural…22 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryGiven that over 8,800 new oral cancers were diagnosed last year, and a fifth of those were in people under the age of 65, do the Government recognise that it is a false economy…19 Feb 2024HANSARDMesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I also declare that I am a member of the all-party group on asbestos. Following what has been said about schools, which is incredibly important, it is also worth…19 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I will make a very brief point, following on from that made by my noble and learned friend Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. There is a group of victims who are particularly…07 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I should declare that my son is a cardiologist and founder of Rhythm AI and Echopoint Medical—I think those medical devices do not completely fall within the scope of…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023May I intervene before the Minister moves off the subject of mutual recognition? Perhaps I may clarify whether he envisages this being similar to the Orbis project for drug…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsMy Lords, I declare that I was a member of the Times Health Commission, which today published a report in which we highlight that a large proportion of disease is lived with…06 Feb 2024