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HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce the number of peers who are eligible to sit in the House of Lords.09 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityI thank the noble Baroness the Leader of the House. If the aim of the Government is to reduce the size of the House, is not the most important action they can take to make an…09 Dec 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityMy Lords, I do not agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Deech. The most important people in any news organisation, surely, are not the armchair correspondents, commentators or, for…28 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Dentistry ProvisionMy Lords, no one fought harder for the elimination of dental deserts than Lord Colwyn, who died recently and whom most of us in this House remember. Would not the best memorial to…25 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. He has gone on for a long time about consensus. I agree with him on that. Will he therefore explain why he did not support the very good…12 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Independent InvestigationMy Lords, I say straightaway that I entirely support the concept of an independent inquiry into the National Health Service. Indeed, it was something I advocated to the previous…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHIV Care: AccessMy Lords, I declare an interest as an ambassador for UNAIDS. Is it not a fact that we have been extremely successful in developing the means to combat HIV and AIDS, but we still…11 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I will concentrate on two proposals in the Labour manifesto and the King’s Speech: the membership of the Lords and the proposed retirement on age grounds of Members.…23 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechYes—we have known each other too long for me to be really rude to the noble Lord. I hope that there may be an opportunity for those hereditary Peers who have given service to be…23 Jul 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActMy Lords, I entirely support what the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, just said about Uganda, but should we not also be concerned about the position in many other countries around the…09 May 2024HANSARDTransport System: FailingsMy Lords, I will speak in the gap very briefly. I congratulate my noble friend on his speech. I notice that things in his constituency went his way after my visit: his deficit was…25 Apr 2024HANSARDMilitary National ServiceMy Lords, the noble Lord asks for consideration of “a form of military national service”. As one of the last national servicemen in the 1950s, I think he is wise to put it that…07 Mar 2024HANSARDForeign AffairsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, on his speech. I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, on his new post, which he is carrying out with absolute…05 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I do not agree with the view of the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky. Has the Minister seen the recent newspaper report of a Ukrainian officer lamenting the fact that “I have…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSexually Transmitted InfectionsDoes the Minister remember reports on the AIDS campaign in the 1980s, which showed not just a reduction in AIDS but a fall in all other sexually transmitted diseases generally?…05 Dec 2023HANSARDUganda: LGBT PeopleTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they will take in response to the recently announced measures of discrimination against LGBT people in Uganda.05 Jul 2023HANSARDUganda: LGBT PeopleMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I declare my interest as an ambassador for UNAIDS.05 Jul 2023HANSARDUganda: LGBT PeopleMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply—I agree with every word. Is it not a fact that the Anti-Homosexuality Act passed by the Uganda Government opens the way to penal…05 Jul 2023HANSARDRt Hon Dominic Raab MP: Resignation LetterMy Lords, as someone who headed four separate departments, all under Conservative Governments, in my experience overwhelmingly the Civil Service was loyal and gave exceptional…27 Apr 2023HANSARDHIV TransmissionMy Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord said and I too pay tribute to Baroness Masham, who, right from the beginning, was a great and very effective campaigner on HIV and AIDS.…15 Mar 2023