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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I want to express my support for the amendment from my noble friend Lord Bradley, because in Committee I had a parallel amendment that dealt with a similar issue. I very much…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am extremely pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, has moved his amendment for the Opposition. I will not be voting for it, but I am pleased that it has been moved because…31 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementMy Lords—27 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementMy noble friend will be aware that the two key figures projected in the OBR report are the future course of income in the form of taxation and expenditure. There is a high degree…27 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Morrisey, on raising an extremely important issue which I hope we will pursue in detail during the progress of the Bill. I welcome the…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, with due respect to my noble friend, I want to say something on this proposal. The House can normally rely on the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for good sense, but this…25 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the Finance Bill, particularly as it is the first such Bill from our new Government. I disagree with the noble…19 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of underpayments of National Insurance pension where entitlement to that pension is based on a…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsI thank my noble friend for her Answer and welcome the good news. The problem is that this is only one aspect of the sheer complexity of state pension entitlement for spouses’…13 Mar 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI spoke in this debate last year about the gender pensions gap. It is still there, but I am going to speak more broadly this year, following the theme—quite clearly set out—of how…06 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI have to confess a smidgen of support for the amendments in this group—but not nearly enough to make me vote for them. I am going to complain about a different lack of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUkraineMy noble friend mentioned the strategic defence review. Clearly, that is important in this context, but it strikes me that we are in a totally new situation that I, for one, did…25 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Amendment 157 in my name seeks to clarify the responsibilities of integrated care boards and local health boards to find beds in a timely manner for patients admitted under…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I thank everyone who has taken part in the debate; the case was made clearly by everyone. I thank particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Watkins, for the additional point about the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]In moving Amendment 135, I am grateful for the support of the noble Baronesses, Lady Tyler of Enfield, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle and Lady Neuberger, and I will be a little…24 Feb 2025HANSARDHealth ResearchI thank the Minister for her reply. It is part of the Government’s policy to emphasise health research to improve the health service and to power economic growth, which is why the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDHealth ResearchTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications for health research in the United Kingdom of the funding cuts to the National Institutes of…12 Feb 2025HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]As “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” had it, do you have that strange feeling of déjà vu? We have been here before; it is becoming a regular event—but that is quite right. It is an…07 Feb 2025HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]I apologise; I omitted from my speech my thanks to the noble Baroness. I want to take the opportunity to say thanks again to the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, for bringing this Bill…07 Feb 2025