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HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I am sorry to intervene on the noble Lord—I will not do it again—but I cannot understand why his committee does not seem to have looked at the West Midlands and the…23 Jan 2020HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)Do not tempt me.23 Jan 2020HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I am delighted to take part in this debate. I will be looking at this from a West Midlands perspective but I should perhaps declare myself as a friend of Euston…23 Jan 2020HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)It does not go through Buckinghamshire though, does it? The point I am trying to make, to anyone who says that it would be easy to increase capacity in the ways suggested—my noble…23 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS: A&E Waiting Time TargetMy Lords, in December, for 68.6% of patients the four-hour target was met, against the actual target of 95%. That is the worst month ever. The Government’s response, behind the…21 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS: A&E Waiting Time TargetTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to change the four hour accident and emergency waiting time target.21 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth: VapingMy Lords, does the noble Baroness agree that, looking back over the past 10 or 20 years, apart from the ban on smoking in public places, vaping has been the most successful…14 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I have to say that the Conservative Party did not do so well in Birmingham. It is a great pleasure to declare my interests as a member of the GMC, a trustee of the Royal…09 Jan 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsMy Lords, can the noble Baroness comment on youth services funding? She mentioned family hubs, but since 2010 there has been a 69% reduction in the funding of youth services by…08 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS: NursesMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, but the manifesto pledge and what she said today seem to me to have a whiff of fantasy, due to double counting, uncertain finances and a…07 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS: NursesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to meet the Conservative party manifesto commitment to deliver 50,000 more nurses in the National Health Service.07 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social Care: MalnutritionMy Lords, I must confess to the House that I am president of the Hospital Caterers Association. Would the noble Baroness agree that there is no shortage of good advice on dealing…05 Nov 2019HANSARDDigital CompetitionMy Lords, if the Government are so committed to transparency, why have they not released the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee looking at the potential influence…05 Nov 2019HANSARDHealth Service Safety Investigations Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the Minister, and I thank her for her introduction to this important Bill. I declare an interest as a member of the board of the GMC, a…29 Oct 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: TourismMy Lords, the noble Baroness will know that the intention in Scotland is to allow Edinburgh to go ahead with a tourism tax. Under debate on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill,…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, this is too good an opportunity to miss. In thanking the noble Baroness and her colleague for steering the Bill through, I want to put a question to her, as suggested by…23 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I declare my membership of the GMC, trusteeship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and presidency of GS1, the barcoding association. I too pay tribute to the noble…22 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, I think the noble Lord said that the Government will publish an economic assessment alongside the Bill. Why has the Chancellor refused to give the economic assessment…21 Oct 2019HANSARDEducation: Special Educational Needs BudgetMy Lords, the noble Lord will be aware that because of the funding problem for many schools, some primary schools have started to close their premises at Friday lunchtime. Can he…17 Oct 2019HANSARDInfluenza: People with Learning DisabilitiesMy Lords, one of the difficulties of encouraging flu vaccination among vulnerable people is that the rates among NHS staff themselves is disappointingly low. What action are the…01 Oct 2019