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HANSARDNew Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Rock, on the truly impressive way in which she chaired our committee and got this group of very knowledgeable people to produce a…10 Jun 2026HANSARDLearning Disabilities: Health and Social Care AccessMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow four such powerful, knowledgeable and moving speeches. I will briefly discuss five areas. First, following the powerful speech of the noble…26 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am pleased to see that, in Motion K1, the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, has reduced the issue to being about only Section 31 and that she has provided a carve-out, as…25 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, may I pick up on that point?25 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow so many powerful speeches and support my noble friend Lord Bird’s amendment. As a former chief executive of the English NHS, I know…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIs the Minister saying that when a local authority has just granted authority to parents to take responsibility for life for what are difficult children with trauma in their…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillSorry, my Lords, I did not realised that I have the chance to respond. I feel somewhat outnumbered on a number of the things that I said. I think there is a real need to have a…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 135A in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. Before doing so, I once again thank the Minister for having reduced the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 160. As I did in the last group, I start by saying that I am grateful to the Minister and her colleagues for having moved in some way on the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister that the Government have moved on some of the concerns raised by me and others, particularly about some of the detail required on the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 33 and 34, which I support in principle, but I am interested to hear the Government’s response to the points about practicality, apart from…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillBefore the Minister moves on, can I ask a question that I asked earlier? If she recognises that 75% of smokers think that filters reduce the risk—indeed, they may increase it—does…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 247 I will speak to Amendment 248 in my name. I thank the noble Lords who have added their names to it, and I thank Hugh Ellis and Rosalie Callway of…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have spoken in support of this amendment; I should have supported the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I am still not convinced…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken in Committee on this Bill, I want to reflect for a moment on the extraordinary lengths to which tobacco companies will go to sell…30 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to introduce this group of related amendments, which are all concerned with how planning in general and housing in particular can play a positive role…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will add three completely new points from a health perspective, and one that may I think have been covered. The first point is that we are going through a major…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill09 Sept 2025