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HANSARDHuman Medicines (Authorisation by Pharmacists and Supervision by Pharmacy Technicians) Order 2025My Lords, some concerns about the order have been drawn to my attention, so I have a few questions for the noble Baroness. Pharmacy technicians, on entry to the register, have an…21 Oct 2025HANSARDHuman Medicines (Authorisation by Pharmacists and Supervision by Pharmacy Technicians) Order 2025Given the high number of drug errors due to dispensing errors currently, will there be some monitoring of the frequency of drug errors to see whether they increase or decrease as…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it has been an extraordinary two days. After last Friday’s debate, I went to a Beatles tribute band with my learning-disabled son, and we sang “All You Need Is Love”.…19 Sept 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly about definition, and in particular the lack of definition of “personal characteristics”. There is a possibility that the Bill could have unintended…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI was talking about unintended consequences and the risks of a lack of clarity. I was going to end simply by urging the Minister to reflect deeply on the evidence. We just cannot…19 May 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, although funding for independent reviews for people detained in long-term segregation will continue until 2026, it is not really enough. Independent reviews have been…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness’s points about trauma. I will speak to Amendment 53. I credit my parliamentary scholar with writing it. His experience as a practicing…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the promises made by the Minister, but they are not wholly reassuring and I had intended to test the opinion of the House. However, I would like to put…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Will parliamentarians be able to question and amend the plan that will be laid before Parliament every year? The lack of ability to influence that process and that plan concerns…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to a number of amendments in my name. I thank noble Lords who have added their support. I also support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady…31 Mar 2025HANSARDAutism and Learning Disabilities: Hospital DetentionMy Lords, for 25 years, this woman’s detention was in long-term segregation. My review of this practice, which was commissioned by the previous Government, recommended that people…11 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Can I just say that I did not talk about a “care pathway”? Perhaps I should have said the “patient journey”, but I was talking about the patient pathway—the actual experience of…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]In adding my support to these amendments, I welcome particularly the contribution from the noble Baroness, Lady Ramsey. This debate has emphasised why the pathway of care, from…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise for my absence from earlier debates in Committee. I will speak very briefly in support of these amendments. My noble friend said that we need to save…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]There seemed to be an assumption that long-term segregation would continue and that perhaps ICETRs are not effective, but one thing that emerges from an independently chaired…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest and my experience as a retired psychiatrist, working for the majority of my career with people with learning disabilities and autistic people. In…24 Feb 2025HANSARDHealth and Adult Social Care ReformMy Lords, why is there no mention of mental health in the Statement? What happened to parity, I wonder? For example, 12,400 hospital patients a day are well enough to be…07 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I remind the House that I worked clinically as a psychiatrist for about 35 years and had been a consultant for two years…25 Nov 2024