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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the insightful contributions that have been made to this debate. I will be very concise on the point. In summary, it is our view that workability…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I welcome the opening comments of the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, which were helpful. I thank noble Lords for this debate. I want to set out some points about the role of…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I just emphasise my previous comments. I think it would be extremely helpful for this debate if I were to write to the noble Baroness setting it all out as she requires,…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sure it would be expected that safety is absolutely paramount. The point I am making—and I look forward to hearing from my noble and learned friend—is that our position in…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will certainly look into the matter that the noble Baroness raised and would be pleased to write to her. However, the first point I wanted to make here was about engagement with…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord will be aware, as will your Lordships’ House generally, that Ministers have been absolutely consistent in setting out the right and proper role of officials, as is…14 Nov 2025HANSARDGoodmayes Hospital Mental Health FacilityThat is absolutely at the core. I will just say, as an example on this particular tragic case, that NHS England still meets regularly with the trust, and the last meeting took…13 Nov 2025HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review ReportsIt bears repeating that it is shocking that people are dying on average up to 20 years earlier. As I have said, that is unacceptable. We work very closely with Mencap and other…13 Nov 2025HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review ReportsThese are indeed tragic deaths, and avoidable in a number of cases, as the noble Lord rightly says. I can do better than agree to meet him and his colleagues—I have already got…13 Nov 2025HANSARDGoodmayes Hospital Mental Health FacilityMy Lords, what happened at Goodmayes Hospital was totally unacceptable and I offer my sincere condolences to Alice Figueiredo’s family and loved ones, who have suffered an…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI will be very happy to write further to the noble Lord, referring to the points that he raises, but I feel that he and I are at risk of repeating the same points to each other.…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI agree that it needs more careful thought, which is exactly why, rather than discussing the merits of a mango, a raspberry or any other matter, I will be pleased to look at the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI am sure that I will be able to do that, if the noble Lord will allow me to continue in the meantime. What we do not yet know is the long-term harms of certain ingredients or…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillPerhaps I might assist by referring noble Lords to Clause 89, which obviously precedes Clause 91 and covers descriptors. I am very happy to review the points made by noble Lords…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Udny-Lister, for bringing forward these amendments in Committee. I am also grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, for…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am most grateful for the discussion that we have had today on this group of amendments. Let me start by turning to Amendment 189 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I have not taken a legal eye to it because I do not have a legal eye to do so. I would not wish to inflate my legal expertise in this regard; it is a matter for my…13 Nov 2025HANSARDGoodmayes Hospital Mental Health FacilityThe Mental Health Bill, which is, I hope, within touching distance of Royal Assent, is absolutely crucial. It is a reform of an Act which was 41 years old; it will undoubtedly be…13 Nov 2025HANSARDGoodmayes Hospital Mental Health FacilityI am grateful to my noble friend for raising this in this way. National guidance is being developed, which is expected soon—in January—on plastic bag use in mental health…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI thank the noble Baroness. To reiterate what I said at the beginning, I am very pleased to write to noble Lords about the broader points being raised. I will of course attend to…13 Nov 2025