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HANSARDArts and Creative Industries: Social MobilityMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that one of the ways we support young people to enter careers in the creative industries is through the music and dance scheme, but that…03 Dec 2025HANSARDCharities: Advancement of ReligionMy Lords, do the Government consider the advancement of education to be a valid charitable purpose? If so, why are charities delivering this treated differently from the rest of…26 Nov 2025HANSARDCarer’s Allowance: Overpayments ReviewMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Laming, reminded us, unpaid carers do a challenging, varied and extremely difficult job, but they do it invisibly. What are the Government doing…18 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for bringing this debate to the Floor. I declare my interests as chief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland, and I have been…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. Every suicide is a tragic situation, and I am sure that all of us would wish to help that person. But that is not what the Bill is…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my noble friend for saying what I wish I could have said myself. I will end, because we have had a very long debate on this. I just want to emphasise that from my…14 Nov 2025HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review ReportsMy Lords, one of the problems the Minister has talked about in developing pathways is identification and data sharing. Could she be specific about the improvements that are being…13 Nov 2025HANSARDBBC LeadershipMy Lords, following on from what the noble Baroness said about the BBC having voices from across the country, we have heard a lot about the problems occurring at the BBC emanating…12 Nov 2025HANSARDMusic and Dance Schools: Affordable AccessMy Lords, I stand before you as an alumnus of Tring Park, one of the MDS schools. Dance is, I believe, the “Cinderella” of the arts. The noble Baroness, Lady Bull, talked about…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have spent some years working to improve care and support for vulnerable people, specifically as chief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland, through my involvement in…12 Sept 2025HANSARDArmed Forces: Recruitment and RetentionThe Minister is well aware of the peculiar position of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s contracts. What assurances can he give me that the MoD will be looking at issues such as…07 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords—02 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformThank you very much. I declare my interest as chief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland. I want to continue in the tone of my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott and support the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of my noble friend Lord Lucas’s Amendment 155. It is a great honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, and I agree with everything that…19 Jun 2025HANSARDCare Workers: Foreign Worker VisasTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the number of care workers across the United Kingdom once care worker visas for foreign workers are discontinued.18 Jun 2025HANSARDCare Workers: Foreign Worker VisasI thank the Minister for her Answer and apologise if it feels like Groundhog Day, because I know she answered a very similar Question from the noble Lord, Lord Wood, on Monday. As…18 Jun 2025HANSARDCare Workers: Foreign Worker VisasI beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and declare my interest as chief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland.18 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, and generally offer my support for the review. Everything that we have talked about has to be underpinned by…03 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceMy Lords, I hear what the Minister says—that this is about a new scheme that will encourage volunteers within the NHS. However, sadly, data shows that instances of volunteering…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly in support of the proposed new purpose clause from the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. This is an enormous Bill on children’s well-being and schools. It…20 May 2025