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HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsWe are very open to all sorts of creative ways of dealing with the matter, but it is important to say on the drugs that we are discussing that lecanemab and donanemab can only…01 May 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleThe right reverend Prelate makes some key points. I can certainly assure her that I am working with the MoJ on the area she describes, where risk is indeed high, despite the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleI can indeed assure the noble Lord and your Lordships’ House that this is being addressed, and I recognise the situation that he refers to. Early intervention on mental health is…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleMy noble friend is right: it is crucial that, where they are able to, friends, family and communities assist those at risk and those who are actually self-harming. The…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleThe noble Baroness makes a very strong observation. The statutory guidance on relationships, sex and health education is under review, and we are working closely with the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleThe noble Baroness is quite right that it is unacceptable that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need. Our determination to change…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleI definitely share my noble friend’s concern about what is a worrying trend, and I can confirm that I am aware of the research to which he refers. In addition to the suicide…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleMy Lords, published data from NHS England shows that in 2023, 9.4% of 8 to 16 year-olds and 36.8% of 17 to 24 year-olds had tried to harm themselves at some point in their lives.…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleThat is a matter, as the noble Baroness knows, for my ministerial colleagues in DSIT, and I will gladly raise her comments with them. Obviously, the Online Safety Act requires all…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleThe role of civil society is crucial. I have had a number of very helpful meetings and visits, including most recently with the Samaritans. We very much believe that that sector…28 Apr 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.23 Apr 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now read a second time, and it is an honour to do so. The evidence, despite perhaps some lingering myths and misperceptions, remains stark…23 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will make a brief statement on the devolution status of the Bill. The majority of the Act that the Bill amends extends to England and Wales. An initial legislative…23 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]23 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a minor and technical amendment which would reduce from six months to three months the period within which an application to the tribunal may be made, where a…23 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.23 Apr 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThat the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the Bill in the following order:…23 Apr 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all Members of your Lordships’ House who have contributed to what has been a thoughtful and wide-ranging debate on a very important issue. Today’s…23 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, it has been an extraordinary honour and pleasure to take this Bill through the House with my noble friend Lord Timpson. As we are all aware, numerous aspects of the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDFunerals: Death Certificate DelaysI pay great attention to this area, as I mentioned in my response to the noble Lord, Lord Polak. I met faith group leaders in December, and we have worked very closely with faith…03 Apr 2025