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HANSARDNational Trust ActsSupport the National Trust.21 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS: Single-sex Provision for Staff and PatientsMy Lords, would the Minister agree that once again we must reinforce the need to treat everyone with compassion, dignity and respect, especially in media reports that discuss…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS: Single-sex Provision for Staff and PatientsMy Lords, would the Minister agree—08 Jan 2025HANSARDHumanist MarriagesTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they conducted an equality impact assessment following the judgment in R (Harrison & Ors) v Secretary of State for Justice [2020]…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Youth StrategyMy Lords, I would like to address the issue of why we are taking this Statement so late in the evening, and the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Addington. My understanding—I know…20 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy Lords, the Competition and Markets Authority concluded in a recent report: “The UK has sleepwalked into a dysfunctional children’s social care market”. That is on the Benches…19 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, I am very pleased to be able to participate in today’s debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Booth-Smith, on his maiden speech; he is not in his place right now…11 Nov 2024HANSARDSex and Gender: Official DataMy Lords, having listened to the questions posed by noble Lords and the sensible responses from my noble friend the Minister, I think the Question is really about the need for…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCommunity and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on securing and opening the debate. I also congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Porter, on her maiden speech. This is an important debate…31 Oct 2024HANSARDOlympics and Paralympics: Competitors in Female CategoriesMy Lords, I confess that I was surprised to see this Question posed by my noble friend in the way it is on the Order Paper, based on an inaccuracy. Both the women who competed in…29 Oct 2024HANSARDUnregistered Children’s Homes: FeesMy Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s announcement today. Surely, the promised reform of public services must prioritise the provision of residential care for our most vulnerable…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWorking From Home: Public Sector ProductivityWould my noble friend like to comment on the fact that, as a result of the pandemic, disabled people have been able to access work and all sorts of other things—like this…23 Oct 2024HANSARDHumanist WeddingsTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to give legal recognition to humanist weddings.16 Oct 2024HANSARDHumanist WeddingsI hate to say it to my noble friend, but what a huge disappointment that is. Not only did this House put humanist marriage in the equal marriage Act of 2014 but, in 2020, the High…16 Oct 2024HANSARDFilm IndustryMy Lords, when we were in opposition, I visited the National Theatre to be shown around. I was struck by the fact that it was working very hard to get children and young people to…10 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial Care StrategyMy Lords, I am very pleased to take part in this important debate. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, on her excellent and comprehensive introduction. As the first…10 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS: Independent InvestigationMy Lords, I should declare an interest as a non-executive member of Whittington Hospital, and indeed as its maternity safeguarding champion. I have huge admiration and regard for…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHIV Care: AccessMy Lords, the crisis of people lost to HIV care is of course underpinned by serious health inequalities. Are the Government taking account of the pilot work by the Elton John AIDS…11 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryI think that, possibly, I saw the noble Baroness and the Minister more than I saw my husband for several months.03 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, I was keen to participate in this debate today because I was the shadow Health Minister in your Lordships’ House during the pandemic and for many of the years leading up…03 Sept 2024