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HANSARDHospitals: Delayed DischargesMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, for raising this issue a number of times over many years to Governments of all colours. The latest acute discharge…09 Feb 2026HANSARDCivil Service Pensions: CapitaMy Lords, the challenge of contacting many people affected by this is that some of them may not be digitally proficient and may be digitally excluded. What measures are the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDBattery Shortage for NHS Hearing AidsMy Lords, in response to that previous answer from the Minister, I understand that, as a result of these shortages, some patients are being required to return to hospitals as…29 Jan 2026HANSARDMedical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing these regulations. Although we support a strong and properly resourced system of post-market surveillance for medical…28 Jan 2026HANSARDMedical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026I completely understand if the Minister cannot answer this now, so maybe she could write, but can she explain why the Government have committed to the full impact assessment then,…28 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry to interrupt. If I am correct, the noble Lord can speak again, but he cannot intervene on an intervention.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord for that intervention, as well. It reinforces the points I am going to come to—if that makes sense. The Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, ends the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this has been a long and comprehensive debate, and a number of points have been raised. I will try not to hasten it—23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillSorry, I will try to hasten it, actually, in many ways. Maybe we should slow down. I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Birt, for the amendments in the group and the whole…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my noble friend for that intervention. Before commenting on the content of the Bill, I was seeking, just to be fair to the Government, to lay out what they have told me.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have to be very careful because I am not answering for the Government; I am just trying to reflect that letter. However, the Minister did make it clear that the children’s…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn the interests of being brief, rather than repeating everything that my noble friend said, I look forward to the answers from the sponsor of the Bill and from the Minister.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it has been a long day at the end of a long week for many noble Lords, so I do not seek to make a long speech. But before I respond to the debate on this group of…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIndeed, and in fact many classical liberals and libertarians understand the individual’s role in a wider society. But that is not the basis of this debate, and I digress too much.…23 Jan 2026HANSARDMaternal MortalityMy Lords, touching partly on the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Gohir, data from MBRRACE-UK shows that black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy or…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRare Cancers BillMy Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, for introducing this Bill in such a clear and moving manner. I thank all noble Lords who have…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this has been another rather long but interesting debate. It is important that noble Lords who wanted to speak had their voices heard. It touches on something we touched…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have been very clear throughout this debate that any noble Lord who wants to speak and participate should be allowed to do so.16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I remind the Committee that I am one of those who are still balancing the arguments on the overall Bill, and where I get put off some arguments is when people heckle…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is a fair point to be made. It is why the question was asked, and I thank the noble Baroness for answering it. I thank my noble friend Lord Frost for provoking this debate,…16 Jan 2026