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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am puzzled by something that the noble Lord has said and perhaps he would like to clarify. I am not quite sure how jailing women is pro-women.02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI have two questions for the noble and learned Baroness. Why does the noble and learned Baroness think 50 countries have found this not to be a problem? Abortion is decriminalised…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am slightly puzzled. I have of course read the Minister’s letters, but I am not quite sure why the noble Baroness is speaking about these in the middle of a discussion about…30 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the public sector equality duty exists so that our public services in the UK, which are funded by all of us, obey the laws on equalities. It is there because that is not…27 Jan 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights Commission: Code of PracticeMy Lords, proportionality, as I am sure the whole House recognises, is central to the Equality Act. But, of course, it will be difficult to apply. Can my noble friend the Minister…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSocial Media: Non-consensual Sexual DeepfakesMy Lords, from any reasonable reading of the Online Safety Act, X either failed completely to carry out a risk assessment in relation to the potential of its Grok AI tool to…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPuberty Suppressants TrialMy Lords, I first join my noble friend the Minister in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, and I also congratulate my right honourable friend the Secretary of State, for…18 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren: Age Verification and Virtual Private NetworksI commend my Government for the action they are taking on the Online Safety Act. It is a bit rich for the party opposite, who dragged their heels for several years, to talk about…04 Dec 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025My Lords, I am pleased to be participating in today’s debate on the Budget. I regret that the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, has continued to vilify—unfairly—my right honourable friend…04 Dec 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025You could have said. “My mum”.04 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness is not answering my question. The truth is, of course, that the committee did not ask anybody who is terminally ill what their view was about any of this.21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI would like to ask the noble Baroness whether the Select Committee asked anybody who is terminally ill what they thought “persuasion” or “coercion” might mean?21 Nov 2025HANSARDDyscalculiaI thank my noble friend for that Answer. For the edification of the House, dyscalculia is a specific difficulty in understanding numbers and number processes. It is 130 years…17 Nov 2025HANSARDDyscalculiaTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they recognise dyscalculia as a learning difficulty, and what plans they have to support children who have it.17 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWould my noble and learned friend care to tell the House which other countries the committee took evidence from?14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I absolutely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. The noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and I have worked together for many years, on many health issues, but I do not…14 Nov 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I feel that I am a veteran of this issue, like many other Members of your Lordships’ House. Indeed, I was a Health Minister in 2009 and 2010, and I think that might have…04 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to take part in this Second Reading debate. I am particularly pleased to welcome my noble friend the Minister to her place and her first Bill—the first…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Meaning of “Sex”My Lords, can my noble friend the Minister confirm that six weeks, which included the summer, is actually not a very long time? Does he agree that the crucial matter here is to…15 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it is indeed an honour to open the second day of our debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. I pay tribute to my honourable friend Kim Leadbeater, who…19 Sept 2025