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HANSARDNHS Funding: Mental Health ServicesMy Lords, can the Minister tell us what part of the ring-fenced mental health budget will be allocated to recruiting appropriately trained probation staff for the 39% of offenders…01 May 2019HANSARDAgriculture: Carbon EmissionsI thank the Minister for his reply. With agricultural management using those technologies in practice while increasing agricultural productivity and income, can the Minister…02 Apr 2019HANSARDAgriculture: Carbon EmissionsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage the use of precision agriculture techniques in order to reduce carbon emissions.02 Apr 2019HANSARDCommonwealthMy Lords, I am pleased to have the opportunity to take part in this important debate on the Commonwealth, and I thank my noble friend Lady Goldie for her introduction. As we know,…28 Mar 2019HANSARDChild and Adolescent Mental Health ServicesMy Lords, the first mental health support teams will be set up in 25 trailblazer areas, of which 12 will also trial a four-week waiting time. Will those teams be in partnership…25 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Trafford, for moving the Motion to mark International Women’s Day. I am proud to take part. Tackling injustices such as the…07 Mar 2019HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I welcome the Government’s response this week in joining our allies America, together with Canada and the Netherlands, in proscribing Hezbollah. That sends a strong…28 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsI thank my noble friend the Minister for his encouraging words, but farmland birds have declined by more than half since 1970. More urgent action is needed to tackle sewage…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to address the threat posed to river ecosystems by a combination of farm chemicals, sewage and excessive abstraction.27 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration ProceduresMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for allowing me to speak in the gap, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, for securing this timely debate on how the Government are to implement…14 Feb 2019HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, I too thank the noble Viscount, Lord Goschen, for initiating this short debate today, following the Oral Question last week by my noble friend Lord Hayward, and I am…31 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long Term PlanMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for bringing this important debate to the House, and welcome the plan. All the evidence tells us that the UK population is set to grow…31 Jan 2019HANSARDChildren and Young People: Digital TechnologyI too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for initiating the debate and for giving me the opportunity to take part in it. We are all too aware that there is an immediate need…17 Jan 2019