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HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I rise to welcome the health Bill part of the King’s Speech and declare an interest as chair of University College London Foundation NHS Trust and of Whittington Health.…20 May 2026HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I feel as if we have been around this one a fair number of times. I am very much looking forward to the Minister saying what he can about AI facial recognition…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I was not going to speak in this bit of the Report stage, but I want to add to what the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, said. I speak as chair of both University College…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 57, to which I have added my name. I too thank the Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium for all the help that it has given us. I also support…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I have not spoken in this particular bit of the debate. Indeed, most of what I would have said has already been said, but there are three things I wish to say. First, I…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will channel my inner version of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, since she is not in her place, as I introduce Amendments 162 and 163. I thank all colleagues who have…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I echo totally what the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has just said. In my speech, I asked the Minister whether Parliament would have the chance to look at whether AI is…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister for his reply. That is what we wanted to hear, and I very much hope we might have informal discussions before that comes to Parliament. Like some of the stuff…08 Sept 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, and her superb chairing of the committee and this inquiry. I also pay tribute to our wonderful staff, without…28 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of Amendments 163 and 164, to which I have added my name, and particularly about the length of time, the five years. We first…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I should have declared interests before, as chair of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and of Whittington Health NHS Trust. I also was a…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 59, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, to which I have added my name. I must declare rather a lot of interests. I am chair…22 Jan 2025HANSARDLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, first, I echo other speakers in paying tribute to my noble friend Lady Brown of Cambridge, who will be rotating off the Science and Technology Committee shortly and has…09 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare interests as chair of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Whittington Health NHS Trust, and as a member of the North Central London…25 Nov 2024HANSARDEducation (Values of British Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too congratulate my noble and right reverend friend Lord Harries. I shall talk about the Woolf Institute’s report of the Commission on Religion and Belief in British…18 Oct 2024HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to support the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, in the Bill—again. I will say something about why it is important. We know that, for children, bringing in family…18 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial Care StrategyMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of both UCLH NHS Foundation Trust and Whittington Health NHS Trust. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for what she said, because…10 Oct 2024HANSARDArtificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, the whole idea behind the work of the committee that led to this report was that we might be able to point to valuable public health interventions to improve quality of…09 May 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI support the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. It would be something of a disgrace if we did not take these measures to protect, to a very limited…20 Mar 2024