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HANSARDUkraine: Frozen Russian AssetsMy Lords, many of the frozen assets are properties, and many of those properties are empty. I look across the Thames and see a great building where Abramovich had four floors.…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: Public SpendingMy Lords, does the Minister agree that attracting capital investment is a way forward, in which we can get growth and have some optimism instead of all the pessimism that we keep…12 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanMy Lords, I am grateful to the health service for saving me. Come this Friday, it will be six months since I was in the Royal Marsden—last summer, on my holiday—having my bladder…10 Feb 2025HANSARDUK–China Economic and Financial Strategy DialogueGiven that climate change knows no boundaries and that there is a change of policy taking place in the USA in that regard, does the Minister see the possibility of us having more…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: AccommodationMy Lords, given that the Government are trying to get all parties to collaborate on social care, when the policies emerge, and given the difficulties we have across the board with…16 Jan 2025HANSARDHealth: ObesityMy Lords, does the Minister agree that alcohol is a substantial contributor to obesity and a range of related diseases? Is she aware that, notwithstanding promises given, the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance: GDPGiven the ever-increasing demands for more and more public expenditure which we listen to every day of the week in this House, will the Minister consider presenting a form of…19 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityDoes the Minister agree that one way of increasing productivity is by reducing headcount and costs? Could we in this Chamber perhaps give a lead to the country by looking at what…05 Dec 2024HANSARDRespect Orders and Anti-social BehaviourI welcome and support the Statement from the Government and the initiative they have taken. But, more particularly, I look forward to the legislation that is coming. In my area of…03 Dec 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationMy Lords, are we not seen as a soft touch by those who want to get into this country and as having little control over the number of people coming in? According to reports, there…25 Nov 2024HANSARDFinancial Services: Mansion House SpeechMy Lords, I wonder whether the Minister recalls the conversations we had, before he was in government, about the possibility of having a fresh look at PPPs—public/private…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Anti-obesity MedicationMy Lords, I welcome my noble friend to the Front Bench and wish him well—especially if he is going to give some good replies to my questions too. My concern is the potential cost…18 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Anti-obesity MedicationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the prescription of new anti-obesity medication by the NHS is cost effective.18 Nov 2024HANSARDUnited Kingdom Declining Birth RateDoes the Minister agree that we missed a trick, as we saw the internet develop and never found any ways in which we could start to use it as a tax base? To pick up the question of…06 Nov 2024HANSARDDiets: FatMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord McColl of Dulwich, for this debate. I pay tribute to his long and consistent work in this area. He is experienced in a whole…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSchools: AbsenteeismHas any work been done on working from home? I gather that this is a factor which is leading to some absenteeism. As we are likely to see a growth in the number of people working…22 Oct 2024HANSARDGovernment’s Childcare ExpansionMy Lords, the Minister mentioned the creation of a children’s register —yet another register that we are creating when we have already set up so many over the years. If she casts…21 Oct 2024HANSARDZero-emission Vehicle MandateShould we not be grateful that we are in a better position financially than we would have been, had we been trying to shift London airport down into the estuary?17 Oct 2024HANSARDFood and Drink Industry: Processed SugarTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to engage the food and drink industry in reformulating their products to reduce processed sugar in favour of healthier…14 Oct 2024HANSARDFood and Drink Industry: Processed SugarMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply. I noted the reports about the shift; I wonder whether I can persuade her to shift the Government a little further. I…14 Oct 2024