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HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewOne of the themes of this report is a “we know best” culture. Clearly, the Met has not wanted external challenge or external help from expert stakeholders, be it on women’s issues…21 Mar 2023HANSARDSEND and Alternative ProvisionMy Lords, I welcome the plan and declare my interests as a non-executive board member at Ofsted and a member of the court of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. I want to ask…09 Mar 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am sure I have been annoying my noble friend the Minister for the last year by asking him when the Bill is coming. Today is one of those days when everything happens…01 Feb 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusMy Lords, has the Department of Health done any assessment of how many children may have missed their routine vaccinations during the pandemic lockdown? Is the department doing…19 Jan 2023HANSARDChild Vulnerability (Public Services Committee Report)I do not think I said that funding was not important. I said that some witnesses had pointed to problems that I thought were not necessarily directly related to funding; they were…11 Jul 2022HANSARDChild Vulnerability (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, it has become customary to say it is a pleasure to follow the previous speaker, but it is a real pleasure and honour to follow the right reverend Prelate. There were so…11 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeMy Lords, I welcome my noble friend to his new role. I cannot think of a better person to get to grips with one of the important jobs we are facing. I want to build on the…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, this morning, I told my three daughters that they needed to be more assertive at school, but I have completely failed to intervene tonight. I will be very quick in…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, I declare my interest as a non-exec at Ofsted. I am far less depressed than the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong, although I was on her committee. I was delighted to see…07 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Farmer. I declare my interest as a non-executive member of the board of Ofsted. I apologise for not being able to speak at Second Reading…26 Jan 2022HANSARDPatient Safety CommissionerMy Lords, it is a shame that my noble friend cannot commit to a date. As others have said, this has dragged on. Given that she has given a commitment to do this by spring, can she…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 292J in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong. It has been a real pleasure to serve on that…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I start by apologising to the Committee for not speaking at Second Reading—I am afraid that I had a household full of Covid. I am finally here and delighted to support…27 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: ChildrenMy Lords, I start by reminding the House of my registered interests, including as a non-executive board member of Ofsted. It is a real privilege to speak at last in a debate in…17 Jun 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my warm congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Black of Strome—I am in awe. I also slightly wish that I had had my first job in a butcher’s shop, rather than…15 Jun 2021HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillThat the Bill do now pass.28 Apr 2021HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillMy Lords, in moving this motion I briefly pay tribute to my honourable friend Laura Trott MP, who steered this Bill with such passion through the other place, aided by all the…28 Apr 2021HANSARDFolic AcidI join my noble friend in paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, for his campaign. I urge him to keep up the pace. While the Government are looking at that, we surely need…26 Apr 2021HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillThat the order of commitment be discharged.22 Apr 2021HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillMy Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to speak in Committee. Manuscript amendments are not possible…22 Apr 2021