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HANSARDPublic Order BillI cannot call Amendment 71 due to pre-emption.07 Feb 2023HANSARDOFCOM (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to the Samaritans for all its help with this Bill, and to Papyrus, YoungMinds, the Mental Health Foundation, the British Psychological Society, If U…03 Feb 2023HANSARDOFCOM (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.03 Feb 2023HANSARDOFCOM (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am extremely grateful to everyone who has spoken today. I am most grateful to the Minister for stressing that he is keeping an open mind and has an open door. Of…03 Feb 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Kidron for her tenacious moral leadership on this issue. I remind noble Lords that, when we passed the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBroadband: Social TariffsMy Lords, given the pressure on hospital beds and the move to virtual wards, whereby patients are looked after at home and monitored through electronic devices, what are the…31 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable Households: Energy CostsMy Lords, I want to follow on from my previous question about patients at home, some of whom are handicapped children and people on ventilators, using oxygen concentrators and so…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHealth and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for having put this amendment before us. I am not going to repeat the important points made by other noble…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureHow many health and social care staff are now off long-term sick with long Covid? What correlation has there been between long Covid and their perception that they did not have…25 Jan 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit: Benefit Cap and Two Child LimitCan the Minister tell us when the special rules, which have passed through Parliament, will come into force for people caring for a terminally ill person at home, given that the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDAlcohol Duty BandsMy Lords, given that alcohol deaths have risen by over 27% in 2021 compared with 2019, and that in the under-50s alcohol is a leading risk factor for ill health and death, have…12 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsMy Lords, according to Hospice UK, of which I am a vice-president, up to half a million people last year had a palliative care phase before they died. In many of those cases, a…11 Jan 2023HANSARDStreptococcus A: AntibioticsMy Lords, since the risk of invasive group A streptococcal infection is increased in the presence of other viral infections—any of them; it could even be chickenpox in…15 Dec 2022HANSARDKinship CareDo the Government recognise that that support has to start urgently? Often, these children are traumatised and may be suddenly bereaved. Kinship leave, similar to adoption leave,…14 Nov 2022HANSARDBereavement SupportMy Lords, will the Government ensure that groups who are undertaking good bereavement support of children, particularly in schools, are actively engaged in cross-departmental…09 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillFor clarification, it seems that it is once for the Committee stage rather than each time we speak.02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillFor the convenience of the Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, has already withdrawn his amendment and no one has objected to that.02 Nov 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesMy Lords, this alarmingly clear report flags up flawed teamworking as a major failing throughout. That also reflects previous reports. It also points out the unintended adverse…25 Oct 2022HANSARDPrepayment Meters: PricingMy Lords, will the Government ensure that all children and seriously ill adults in receipt of the new SR1 benefit and being cared for at home are moved to the lowest energy cost…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS: Winter ChallengesMy Lords, will the Government now ask NHSE to publish the 12-hour length of stay times for emergency departments in order to be able to evaluate the efficacy of the proposed 7,000…10 Oct 2022