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HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I declare an interest as a founder of a health tech company, HealthTech Fund, which is likely to have many investments in the AI space. It is late, so I will not try to…19 May 2026HANSARDEU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related StandardsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and declare an interest as chair of a biotech company.18 May 2026HANSARDEU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related StandardsI thank the noble Baroness for her Answer, and I am very encouraged by her response, because in this area I have seen first-hand how we have used our innovation and flexibility to…18 May 2026HANSARDEU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related StandardsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to maintain regulatory flexibilities and innovation in fields such as novel foods and precision fermentation in the…18 May 2026HANSARDUK Biobank DataMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement. This is clearly a serious incident that goes to the heart of public trust in one of our most important research assets. I pay…28 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I begin on a personal note. As I have mentioned in previous debates, my mother was a Marie Curie nurse who supported terminally ill people through their final days. In…24 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I declare my interest as the founder and director of Cignpost Express Test, which did a lot of Covid testing for sports events and currently does health screening at PGA…15 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026If I may, I hope this may be helpful: the confusion that I have heard is over whether a doctor, for a CQC registration at their GP surgery, can use that to volunteer on a…15 Apr 2026HANSARDAI Growth LabMy Lords, my experience as Health Minister in this space is that we have fantastic innovation and fantastic pilots: the joke in the NHS is that the NHS has more pilots than…26 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAs requested, I was waiting until the noble Baroness had moved her amendment—13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI was trying to respond to the noble Baroness’s request not to be intervened on during her speech, but I have some questions on what she was talking about. I am now concerned that…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank noble Lords. I totally appreciate that the noble Baroness’s intention in all this is to try to make the process as robust as possible and she gave a very moving example of…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI was specifically referring to: “The person’s health or social care professional cannot participate in any part of the assessment for a person’s request of an assisted death”.…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord was at pains to say that he felt that assisted dying was somehow not a compassionate part of care, but will he accept that, for some people, it is the true…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIs there not a critical difference, when we talk about conflicts of interest, in that, in this case, this will be law—something that has been passed by Parliament? I do not…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIf I may intervene again, let me say that this is a post which will happen only if the law has been passed by Parliament. I am not aware—but perhaps the noble Baroness can help…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am a bit confused. I think I heard from the noble Baroness a concern that savings of £13,000 a week would be generated if assisted dying happened. I then heard her say…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI believe the noble Baroness’s general point was that there is a danger because savings would be made from an assisted death. On the other hand, she asks where the costs are going…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI let my noble friend finish but I just want to give a bit of my own experience as a former Health Minister. I think we would all agree that clinicians always look at what is the…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBuilding on from that, that is correct: there are two different approaches here. There are those among us who believe that choice should come first, and within that choice there…06 Feb 2026