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HANSARDFood, Diet and Obesity Committee ReportMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response, and I will come back to some of her comments in just a moment. Time does not allow me to thank everyone and pick up points from…28 Mar 2025HANSARDFood, Diet and Obesity Committee ReportMy Lords, I thank the members of the committee for their hard work and dedication, and our wonderful staff team: Stuart Stoner, Lucy Valsamidis, Abdullah Ahmad, Lara Orija and…28 Mar 2025HANSARDSoft Drinks Industry LevyMy Lords, I will follow up on the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, about the regulation of foods for babies and toddlers. Is the Minister aware that…18 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, as I understand it—I will look carefully at the official record to check that my understanding is correct—the Minister’s answer to the question about whether there will…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillTo correct the record, I did not say that.11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, there are three options and we do not know which the Minister is going to choose. Is that right?11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillDoes the noble Lord not feel that some of his comments are just a little flippant? We are talking about the safety of people’s lives here.11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 25 and 40 in my name. Before I do so, I express support for Amendment 26, in the name of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Saint…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFood and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025My Lords, as the Minister said, this SI does two things. It removes the requirement for 10-yearly renewals of regulated product authorisations and removes the requirement for…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, for the information of the Committee, I mention that I will not be speaking in every group on behalf of these Benches. Indeed, I do not speak on behalf of my Benches…04 Mar 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeMy Lords, while we wait for a more reliable screening tool, what are the Government doing to inform men about the very clear risk factors that are known about? To that I would add…27 Feb 2025HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Social Care ServicesMy Lords, the duty of local authorities to carry out a transition assessment includes whether the child, or their carer, is likely to have needs for care and support after the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s RightsMy Lords, is the Minister aware that the most recent UN assessment of the UK’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child expressed concern about the large…27 Jan 2025HANSARDRegulated and Other Activities (Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL]My Lords, I strongly support the Bill and I warmly congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, on bringing it forward. I also pay tribute to the tireless work of Tom…17 Jan 2025HANSARDGlobal WarmingMy Lords, I will speak in the gap, for one minute only, because there has been only a very brief mention in this debate—by the noble Lord, Lord Curry—of the potential for action…16 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy Lords, when I last tried to introduce a mandatory reporting duty for child abuse, in an amendment on Report to the Serious Crime Bill, on 28 October 2014—a long time ago—the…08 Jan 2025HANSARDHome SchoolingMy Lords, does not the case of poor Sara indicate the urgent need for removing the legal defence of reasonable chastisement of violence against a child? Surely doing so would send…19 Dec 2024HANSARDPuberty-suppressing HormonesMy Lords, on these Benches we welcome the tone of the Secretary of State’s Statement. I have often said that there are many ways of being human. Growing up can often be a very…16 Dec 2024HANSARDPuberty-suppressing HormonesCan the Minister address the issue of the children who are part-way through a course of treatment? Will they get mental health support as a priority?16 Dec 2024HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations 1998My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, on his persistence; these Benches have always supported him. I welcome that more NTDs will be prevented. However, given that…11 Dec 2024