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HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025My Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate. His points on data are extremely well made, and I thoroughly endorse them. I will restrict my…18 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Morris. I think she spoke for many of us on the challenge of edtech: how our hopes that this would be a…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I fear that what the noble Lord, Lord Knight, has suggested is indeed happening: private schools, grammar schools and schools in wealthy areas are doubling down on their…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe Minister is quite right to point out that the Online Safety Act did not get much of a mention: maybe it is some kind of PTSD, because some of us did hard yards during that…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing the Bill to this House so thoughtfully and clearly. I also declare my interest as a consultant to Oviva, an obesity treatment company,…23 Apr 2025HANSARDFood, Diet and Obesity Committee ReportMy Lords, it is a great honour to follow my noble friend Lady Jenkin who has been talking on these issues way before it became so fashionable and drew me into this debate in the…28 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, public service in the old days used to be quite a different thing. My forebear, Admiral Robert Barlow, used to be the superintendent of the Chatham Shipyards. He ran the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after my noble friend Lord Bellingham, who makes very clear points very persuasively. Attendance in Parliament has been a long-standing…12 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 198A and 198C to 198F. I also support Amendments 197, 198 and 198B, to which I have added my name, all of which address the issue of data…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I strongly support this amendment. As a former Minister, I was at the front line of genomic data and know how powerful it currently is and can be in the future. Having…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 203, which I have signed, and Amendments 211G and 211H in my noble friend Lady Owen’s name. At Second Reading, the mood of the House…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to make a brief but emphatic comment from the health constituency. We in the NHS have been victims of appalling cyber- hacking. The pathology labs in south London…18 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Consensual Sexually Explicit Images and Videos (Offences) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Foster. Like her, I am optimistic about AI in the round, but deepfakes are a nasty little side hustle that a…13 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I thank very much the noble Baroness for her kind words on the hard work and diligence of hereditary Peers. I strongly support the sentiments she expressed about the…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHealth: Quad-demicThe Minister says that we are determined to learn the lessons of Covid. During Covid we had vaccination rates of 90% but, as she said, only 16 million—just 25%—of our citizens…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. I agree with him completely that this is a better Bill. It is a real tribute to the Minister, and I thank her for…19 Nov 2024HANSARDVaping Products: Usage by ChildrenThe noble Lord, Lord Winston, may be right that vaping has been around for longer than we think, but the current boom came out of a deliberate exercise by two academics at…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, it is a great honour to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Foster, who put the case for this group of amendments incredibly well. I do not want to go over the ground he…20 May 2024HANSARDZoological Society of London (Leases) BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Weardale. I completely endorse the argument that he made so well about the need for a long-term horizon…10 May 2024HANSARDNHS: Long-term SustainabilityMy Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick. I thank my good friend, the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for bringing about this important debate. I…18 Apr 2024