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HANSARDCancer Outcomes in the UKMy Lords, I declare my interest as an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. If I have learned one thing during my time in the House of Lords, it is that any…21 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the sheer number of amendments from noble Lords on all sides of the Committee that are seeking to prevent medical practitioners initiating a conversation about assisted…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am sorry to disappoint the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, but, unless it is designed as a probing amendment, I fear I am not drawn to Amendment 123. In essence, it…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill03 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, Amendment 21A is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall. In Committee the Minister stated that the Government would design a licensing regime that would…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response to my amendment, which was largely reassuring and provided useful clarity. I think we all agree that, with the new…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, this has been a very useful debate with some powerful contributions, but I should like to turn first to the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. It was…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill03 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 192A I will speak also to Amendment 194A standing in my name. In Committee, I raised a question relating to Clause 136, which I make no apology for…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I welcome what the Minister had to say on my Amendment 192A. It seems…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I shall speak very briefly to the amendment in this group in the name of my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar. His Amendment 913A seeks to probe an issue raised by a…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Murray for his amendments in this group and all noble Lords for their contributions to this important and lively debate. Reducing smoking…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I begin by thanking my noble friends Lord Moylan and Lord Udny-Lister for their amendments in this group. I welcome the fact that the Government have accepted my noble…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 13A and 14A only as a means of thanking the Minister very much for her Amendments 14 and 15 in this group. As a number of us argued in…24 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for leading the debate on his amendments, which seek to establish a new prioritisation hierarchy that puts UK medical…23 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, with these amendments, the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed, has reprised proposals he made, and which we debated, in Committee. In Committee, the Minister emphasised a point…23 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group seek to change the definition of the priority group. We debated the principle behind the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady…23 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Patel, deserves our thanks for opening our Committee debate in a cogent and powerful way. He is absolutely right: in this country, we train some of…12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I begin by making it clear that this is very much a probing amendment, for reasons which I shall explain. Across all the many representations I have received on the…12 Feb 2026