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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but she said that she would be coming forward with a compromise. I am not really clear on what that is, because it seems that this is…05 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my interests as set out in the register. I just want to talk very briefly about schools today. I say clearly that I have seen at first hand the…01 May 2025HANSARDCivil Service: PoliticisationMy Lords, I draw attention to my entries in the register. Probably most relevant today is the eight years that I spent at No. 10, starting in 1997. I am grateful to the noble Lord…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEducation (Values of British Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am pleased to add my support to this timely Bill, and I emphasise my hope that young people will be involved in these conversations going forward, whether they are in…18 Oct 2024HANSARDKing’s Speech (4th Day)My Lords, I am delighted to be able to speak, albeit late, in response to the gracious Speech from a Labour Government for the first time in 14 years, and I am very pleased to see…22 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, as ever in these debates, the breadth of experience in this House is quite outstanding. I certainly hope that the new Foreign Secretary knows what he is facing when he…14 Nov 2023HANSARDNHS: Access to TreatmentsMy Lords, I urge the Minister to talk to the new Secretary of State and urge her, after 12 years, to actually start governing rather than campaigning. As we have just heard, a…07 Sept 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I draw attention to my entries in the register—in this case especially as master of Fitzwilliam College and a trustee of the Education Policy Institute, because I will…17 May 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my interest in the register as chair of Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, now part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust. Like others, I pay tribute to…07 Dec 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, last term I talked to a group of EU students—I declare my interest as master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge—who told me of their sadness about the effects of and…08 Jan 2021HANSARDScience Research Funding in Universities (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate, so comprehensively introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Patel, the committee’s excellent chairman. It was my real pleasure to…09 Sept 2020