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HANSARDSuicide Prevention StrategyMy noble friend the Minister rightly said earlier that suicide prevention is all our responsibility—or something like that—and that we need more awareness. Can he enlighten us on…26 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACMy Lords, at times like this it is obviously natural for many people to look to government for a solution, but I wonder what conversations my noble friend’s department has had…23 Oct 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial Virus: Immunisation ProgrammeMy Lords, following up the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong, the first issue is making vaccines available, the second is letting people know that they are…19 Oct 2023HANSARDPaediatric Care: Wating TimesMy Lords, looking at the waiting lists, there is clearly an issue of different needs and levels of seriousness in the conditions that people are suffering. Can my noble friend the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Food WasteMy Lords, if companies are saying that they believe that monitoring food waste is a good thing and they are making money from reducing food waste, why not just have a levy on…21 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Stations: Ticket Office ClosuresMy Lords, any consultation will clearly be a snapshot of the situation now or maybe in the near future. What happens if passengers at a certain station find that there is no help…20 Sept 2023HANSARDEmployers: Fire and Rehire TacticsMy Lords, we know that companies quite often have to close down or change their practices, either because of a competitive market or because they have been managed badly. In…14 Sept 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusFurther to the noble Baroness’s question about public information, we found previously when rolling out vaccines, not just for this but for Covid, that there were certain…25 Jul 2023HANSARDContest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023My Lords, a few years ago, I did some work with some anti-radicalisation programmes that looked at taking children who are young—often surprisingly young; quite often it is at the…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareMy Lords, I will take this opportunity to ask my noble friend a more general question about guidelines. I am sure he receives correspondence about parts of the NHS not meeting…24 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI associate myself with the comments of my noble friend Lady Stowell on this whole issue, and I refer to my register of interests. One question we should be asking, which goes…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I rise to speak in favour of my noble friend Lord Moylan’s amendment. Given that I understand he is not going to press it, and while I see Amendment 255 as the ideal…19 Jul 2023HANSARDDecarbonisationMy Lords, while one of the advantages of carbon border adjustment measures and other green taxes is that they tax negative externalities, hopefully to encourage better green…13 Jul 2023HANSARDBank of England: Interest Rate PolicyMy Lords, many people recognise that we have an independent Bank of England, but we also have a Bank of England that is supposed to meet a target of 2% inflation. Given that the…12 Jul 2023HANSARDSupport for Migrant VictimsMy Lords, noble Lords will know that sometimes the evaluation of schemes takes a long time and there has to be not only an evaluation but a consultation. Could my noble friend the…12 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Vagrancy Act 1824My noble friend said that this is incredibly complicated and that replacement legislation for the Vagrancy Act must be considered. Can she share with us what laws have to be…10 Jul 2023HANSARDInternational Anti-corruption CourtMy Lords, given that the Government are not in favour of the proposal outlined by the noble Lord, Lord Hain, could the Minister say whether the Government are working via any of…06 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I understand the concerns raised by my noble friend Lord Lilley and others, but I also agree that there is no simple solution to all this, which is why we have to look…05 Jul 2023HANSARDCybersecurityMy Lords, the Vallance report talks about the fact that, under the Computer Misuse Act, professionals conducting legitimate cybersecurity research in the public interest currently…03 Jul 2023HANSARDAdvanced Research and Innovation AgencyMy Lords, we are all very supportive of ARIA, but the important issue is the innovation principle and embedding that principle across government in all departments. Defra…29 Jun 2023