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HANSARDTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020I too thank the noble Lord, Lord German, for providing this opportunity to debate these measures and I note his very important point about procedure, particularly when dealing…27 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 19, which would have been important at any time, but is, of course, as we have already heard, particularly important at the moment. I will speak…26 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Care WorkersMy Lords, is the Minister familiar with the work of the Tribe Project? It was set up by a successful digital entrepreneur and is now being used by six local authorities to predict…07 Oct 2020HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, I know from Armenian friends how tragic this is and I understand the potential for this conflict to increase regional instability, and I am therefore pleased with the…30 Sept 2020HANSARDPlanning RulesMy Lords, how will the Government ensure that the health of residents will be safeguarded in permitted development rights applications? In particular, will the Government adopt…28 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: UN Sustainable Development GoalsMy Lords, the pandemic has dramatically demonstrated the importance of having strong health systems everywhere in the world. In that context, what assessment have the Government…22 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: R Rate and Lockdown MeasuresMy Lords, many academics are warning of the likelihood of a second wave of the virus, and there is some evidence that it is already happening in other countries. I appreciate that…09 Jun 2020HANSARDHousing for the HomelessMy Lords, the swift action that has been taken is impressive and unprecedented. It provides an extraordinary opportunity, but it is vital that it starts early, and that from day…14 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Overseas Development AssistanceMy Lords, I very much welcome the investment the Government are making in vaccines against Covid-19. Will the Government impose public interest conditions on UK-funded vaccines,…22 Apr 2020HANSARDWellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak in support of this Bill. I offer my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Bird. As we came here, I reflected that this…13 Mar 2020HANSARDNursing and MidwiferyMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. This year is a chance to celebrate the legacy of great nurses and midwives of the past such as Florence Nightingale, notably, but…30 Jan 2020HANSARDNursing and MidwiferyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to celebrate Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary and the World Health Organization’s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife in 2020.30 Jan 2020HANSARDNational Health Service InfrastructureMy Lords, given that the NHS is seeking to shift to being a more community and primary care-based organisation, can the Minister say more about what investment is going into…09 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I will speak principally about the trade opportunities for the UK in health and health science, but I will also recognise the important work in health done by DfID and…07 Jan 2020HANSARDVocational Education and TrainingMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, and I echo her last points about investing for the future. I also congratulate the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman,…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsMy Lords, I welcome this debate and I welcome the thinking that is starting to happen on this topic around the world. Like my noble friend Lord Bird, I am attracted to the Welsh…20 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, some concerns about nursing were raised in the committee by my noble friend Lady Watkins. She cannot be in her place today, but I understand that those concerns largely…07 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt is a great pleasure to speak in this debate. As other noble Lords have said, it is an occasion for both celebration and publicising what more needs to be done, and an…07 Mar 2019HANSARDFlorence Nightingale: BicentenaryI thank the Minister for his encouraging response, and I had better declare my interest as chairman of Nursing Now, which he just referred to. Florence Nightingale is a truly…28 Jan 2019HANSARDFlorence Nightingale: BicentenaryTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Florence Nightingale in 2020.28 Jan 2019